Well confused. I use to click on bookmarks on the top left of the screen. I still can but I can't access the properties of the bookmark

I used to just right click on a bookmark from the bookmark menu on the top left of the screen. Now when I right click on bookmarks I can't get any of the choices to highlight, they are subdued and nothing happens. But if I add bookmarks little star to the to the top right using customize I can access a single bookmark property's box from there. Seems this just all of a sudden happened. I like using the left side of the screen but can't access properties from there. Any fix?