I'm able to Sort by Name Ascending in the BookMarks Manager (and they appear that way), however my links I have in the Toolbar Folders will not sort. Any suggestions?
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FireFox Sorting by name: Acsending
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It was suggested in the FireFox Forums to use the Context Menu to "Sort by Name", but since I'm using a MAC I don't have the ability to Right Click (Control>Click with the mouse) only activates the actual link. This isn't an issue on a PC, its incredibly frustrating.
I'm not using a two button Mouse, so essentially to perform this it would require someone have a two button Mouse? Should I chalk this up as a strike against Apple, not to mention you can't even sort at all in Safari.
That only activates a link, it does not produce the Context Menu.
That only activates a link, it does not produce the Context Menu.
well, u can't use ctrl+click?
edit, i tested, ctrl+click, not cmd+click
well, if u are using laptop, trackpad can do the job.
Appreciate the help, I had one of our techs check it out to, but we had no luck out-side of getting a two button mouse. I'll mark that down on my Apple Quirk List.
I pulled a Mighty Mouse off our showroom floor and connected it to our front desk computer and even with the right click enabled I wasn't able to get the context menu.
can u get context menu at other place? like inside webpage? or on the desktop of OSX? it sounds more and more like that there is something wrong with your mice setting?
Yes, the click works everywhere but once you select the link in the links themselves it will not generate the Context Menu.
Then FF doesn't seem to have a context menu for the area you are trying to click. So all this time it sounds like you can actually right click (control click, two finger click), just the app doesn't have a menu in that particular scenario.
Have you tried sorting using the Bookmark Manager? Its under Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks. Select the Bookmark Toolbar folder and then Click View > Sorted By Name
Yes, I've tried every combination and had two different techs here at work take a look at it. The only way I was able to get the links to sort was to export them to my PC sort there and send them back to the Mac.
Yes, you sure can, however that didn't work either.
I'm not able to do it on my iBook, work desk iMac or front desk iMac. I've not tried it on the other systems on our showroom floor, however I can try tomorrow.
Okay, I think at some point this is getting insanely over complicated arguing over whether one button mice are a strike against Apple.
The following works completely fine on my iBook G4:
Bookmarks -> Organize Bookmarks
In the window that comes up, navigate to the level of the bookmarks that you want to sort by name.
Select any ONE of the bookmarks that you wish to be sorted by name.
Press and hold Ctrl and then click on it (or use any other method of activating a contextual menu on a Mac, including two finger tap on supporting trackpads or the right mouse button on a multi-button mouse.).
In the resulting contextual menu, select sort by name
All the bookmarks that are at the same level in the hierarchy, regardless of where they reside, including the toolbar, will be alphabetically organized. Folders remain separate from bookmarks, however.
I just did this. On my Mac. In Firefox (2.0).
Now I have to re-sort my fracking toolbar.
So there.
The following works completely fine on my iBook G4:
Bookmarks -> Organize Bookmarks
In the window that comes up, navigate to the level of the bookmarks that you want to sort by name.
Select any ONE of the bookmarks that you wish to be sorted by name.
Press and hold Ctrl and then click on it (or use any other method of activating a contextual menu on a Mac, including two finger tap on supporting trackpads or the right mouse button on a multi-button mouse.).
In the resulting contextual menu, select sort by name
All the bookmarks that are at the same level in the hierarchy, regardless of where they reside, including the toolbar, will be alphabetically organized. Folders remain separate from bookmarks, however.
I just did this. On my Mac. In Firefox (2.0).
Now I have to re-sort my fracking toolbar.
So there.
If something doesn't work its certainly going to be a concern. Since I work in the industry and deal with switchers daily its important to know where objections could be raised, no matter how trivial it may seem. I know as a PC user and even a Mac user its important to me that my bookmarks be in order as I have a lot of them.
As far as this particular problem I've tried every combination, posted on the Mozilla web site, posted here, had two techs at work check it out with no solution out-side of exporting the links to my PC. I'd be happy to pull the MacBook Pro off the showroom floor and shot video of what I'm doing.
As far as this particular problem I've tried every combination, posted on the Mozilla web site, posted here, had two techs at work check it out with no solution out-side of exporting the links to my PC. I'd be happy to pull the MacBook Pro off the showroom floor and shot video of what I'm doing.
it might be a good idea, since all of us can do it, its really weird why your firefox can't.
oh, there is one more thing u can try.
if the problem is caused by firefox, then you can goto your library/application support, and delete the profile folder "firefox", that should solve most problem related to firefox. remember by doing that, you will lose all your bookmarks/password/extensions/themes. so the safer way is to just rename that folder rather than delete, if the problem is solved by a new profile folder, u can then import your bookmarks and passwords to the new profile folder.
if the problem is caused by firefox, then you can goto your library/application support, and delete the profile folder "firefox", that should solve most problem related to firefox. remember by doing that, you will lose all your bookmarks/password/extensions/themes. so the safer way is to just rename that folder rather than delete, if the problem is solved by a new profile folder, u can then import your bookmarks and passwords to the new profile folder.
I can do it by going to Manage Bookmarks and moving them around there. Sort by Name works fine there too. Using the G5 optimized one on my iMac (v2.0.1), I can even sort folders by clicking and dragging. Doesn't seem to work with 1.5.0.1 on my Sister's G4 PowerBook, but I could have sworn it worked on my Mom's Intel mini with the standard v2. Links themselves had to moved around in the Manage/Organize part, but the folders could be moved. Are you using the older version?
Frustrating that it doesn't work exactly like the PC version, especially since it's just a port, but that should work fine from the Bookmarks Manager.
Frustrating that it doesn't work exactly like the PC version, especially since it's just a port, but that should work fine from the Bookmarks Manager.
I'll give that a shot as I still have the bookmark zip file in my mail so losing info. won't be a problem. Here is what Mozilla suggested, though I couldn't make heads or tails of it:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=506414&
oh, i forgot that, here is how
1. type in "about:config" in your address bar and press enter
2. type in "ui.click_hold_context_menus" in the "filter" bar (or any part of the string, looking for the entry),
3. double click the entry showed up, the value will change to "true" from "false"
4. just use your mice click any free space on bookmark toolbar and hold, a context menu will show up.
I'll try that tomorrow at work and let you know. I did get some screen shots, however if this will fix it posting the images may not be necessary.
I think I figured out the problem. I 'can not' Ctrl Click and get a context menu while in the 'links' under the regular bookmarks. You have to Crtl click while its in the 'Bookmarks Manager' and even though they "appear" to be in order, you still have to Ctrl Click to get the context menu to sort.
Its kind of deceptive, because when you're viewing the links in the Bookmarks Manager they appear to be in the order you assigned, however like with IE you can add a bookmark while in bookmark mode and it will appear to be in order, but if you go to the regular bookmarks in IE they are not in order 'until' you right click and sort.
As far as Fire Fox, with the PC you can sort either way. I blame my PC thinking for over complicating the issue, LOL. Thanks for your help
*bonks head.
Its kind of deceptive, because when you're viewing the links in the Bookmarks Manager they appear to be in the order you assigned, however like with IE you can add a bookmark while in bookmark mode and it will appear to be in order, but if you go to the regular bookmarks in IE they are not in order 'until' you right click and sort.
As far as Fire Fox, with the PC you can sort either way. I blame my PC thinking for over complicating the issue, LOL. Thanks for your help
*bonks head.
Wow, I didn't know that. Thanks! That's a lot easier than the way I've been doing it.