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Showing sub folders when hovering

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I used to click on 'bookmarks' in the toolbar then skim down to the folder within, hover & it would show sub-folders. Now I have to click on the folder to show sub folders within. I have a folder in my bookmarks 'computers & the internet' in there I have other folders ('forums', 'freebies', 'graphics', 'updates', 'tips', 'prices') each of those has urls to websites. Before I could just go straight to a web address, now I have to click 'computers & internet', then click 'forums' to get to the 3 or 4 forums I frequent. Then click on the forum as usual to open it. Have I changed something, or has Firefox changed something?

I used to click on 'bookmarks' in the toolbar then skim down to the folder within, hover & it would show sub-folders. Now I have to click on the folder to show sub folders within. I have a folder in my bookmarks 'computers & the internet' in there I have other folders ('forums', 'freebies', 'graphics', 'updates', 'tips', 'prices') each of those has urls to websites. Before I could just go straight to a web address, now I have to click 'computers & internet', then click 'forums' to get to the 3 or 4 forums I frequent. Then click on the forum as usual to open it. Have I changed something, or has Firefox changed something?

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OK, I bit the bullet & set Firefox back to basics, factory settings. It kept all my bookmarks, etc., & now it works the way I want it too again.

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cor-el
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Are you by any chance opening the bookmarks sidebar and not clicking the bookmarks menu button?

  • View > Sidebar > Bookmarks

There are two bookmark buttons with a star in the Customize window.
One star button has a drop marker that open a Bookmark menu (you may not see the drop marker in the Customize window).
The other star button without the drop marker opens the bookmarks in the sidebar.

  • Firefox menu button > Options > Toolbar Layout
  • View > Toolbars > Customize
ranrad
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I do not have a sidebar. I have a toolbar accroos the top of Firefox:- 'File' - 'Edit' - 'Histoy' - 'Bookmarks' - 'Tools' - 'Help' Click on 'Bookmarks' menu drops down. I used to put the cursor on 'compter & internet' and the sub folders would pop out, now I have to click on it. I want to get back to 'point & it opens'

cor-el
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.
ranrad
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Found safe mode, didn't make any difference, still have to click every step of the way. Thanks for trying, and for all your answers, I suppose I could uninstall Firefox completely & start from scratch, but then I loose all my bookmarks. Last time I did it, it was a pain in the proverbial because of the new format for bookmarks.

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OK, I bit the bullet & set Firefox back to basics, factory settings. It kept all my bookmarks, etc., & now it works the way I want it too again.