Known issues

This page lists all the known issues with the latest version of the add-on.

Table of Contents

• Drag and drop to create bookmarks

Drag and drop to create bookmarks

• Status: active
• First affected add-on version: 3.0.0
• Blocker: Firefox's internal system / lack of APIs

For this situation to happen, the add-on must have been configured to change the default bookmark folder location for the built-in bookmarking system and a bookmark must be created by drag and dropping a tab or a link to a bookmark location (either via the bookmark toolbar or the bookmark sidebar).

Bookmarks that are moved are not affected. If you have selected a default bookmark folder location for the built-in bookmarking, in other words if it is set to "No folder selected (use Firefox's default bookmark location)", then you will not be affected.

A user can drag and drop a tab or a link to a folder to bookmark it there. If a user tries to perform such action, the created bookmark will be moved to the default bookmark folder configured in the add-on settings.

This behavior is happening because Firefox no longer has a default internal bookmark folder, and does not indicate who created the bookmark (user or system), or how (drag and drop, via the star pane, etc.). In other words, any bookmark created will be treated the same by the add-on and moved to the default configured bookmark folder.

If an update to the WebExtension APIs allow to know or determine the source of the bookmark creation, then it is an issue that could be resolved.

Please follow issue 399 for update regarding this, if any.