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URL for 'Show All Bookmarks' & 'History'

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I used to use chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul to display All Bookmarks in a tab (instead of in the sidebar or a Library pop-up window).

Similarly, I also used to use chrome://browser/content/history/history-panel.xul to display my full History in a tab.

Obviously neither of these old paths work any more (since Firefox 57).

What are the new equivalents of these two paths, so that I can achieve the same effect in the current Firefox?

I used to use '''chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul''' to display All Bookmarks in a tab (instead of in the sidebar or a Library pop-up window). Similarly, I also used to use '''chrome://browser/content/history/history-panel.xul''' to display my full History in a tab. Obviously neither of these old paths work any more (since Firefox 57). What are the new equivalents of these two paths, so that I can achieve the same effect in the current Firefox?

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In a recent version (around Firefox 68) most of the files with a .xul extension were renamed with a .xhtml extension to reflect their evolution from XUL to HTML. So you could try this one for the "Library window" document:

  • chrome://browser/content/places/places.xhtml

I think the other one was for the History sidebar. That now has a different name:

  • chrome://browser/content/places/historySidebar.xhtml

Note that functionality of these panels may be impaired when opened outside of their context. Viewing and using links still should work, but edits might not work properly.

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In a recent version (around Firefox 68) most of the files with a .xul extension were renamed with a .xhtml extension to reflect their evolution from XUL to HTML. So you could try this one for the "Library window" document:

  • chrome://browser/content/places/places.xhtml

I think the other one was for the History sidebar. That now has a different name:

  • chrome://browser/content/places/historySidebar.xhtml

Note that functionality of these panels may be impaired when opened outside of their context. Viewing and using links still should work, but edits might not work properly.

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You can encounter issues when you want to create a new folder, moving a bookmark to another folder may not work as well.

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Thanks, jscher2000.

Both work exactly as I wanted.