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How to have more bookmarks in Opera personal bar?

Friday, 11. April 2008, 12:56:44

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Opera Personal Bar
Opera personal bar (default)


Right click on a bookmark in personal bar > Properties... > Name (rename with short name)

Opera Personal Bar
Opera personal bar with short names


Right click on personal bar > Customize... > Style > Images only

Opera Personal Bar Images Only
Opera personal bar with images only


Bookmarks > Manage Bookmarks... > Right click on a folder > Properties... > Show on personal bar

Opera Personal Bar
Opera personal bar with folders

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Charlie 11. April 2008, 14:31

Been using Personal Bar with bookmark folders for years! :up:

Zemlire Ventillo 11. April 2008, 17:14

Never thought to try the images only. Good tutorial.

Sergio Uribe 11. April 2008, 21:50

great tip, thanks!

rezadotcom 15. April 2008, 19:16

:heart:

Anonymous 2. May 2008, 07:05

NN writes:

Hi, can you please help me with Bookmarks problem - when I'm opening more (but not all) links from Opera Bookmarks (I'm using custom Bookmarks list dropdown button) it's annoying, because after click on every bookmark link Opera close Bookmarks and I must open Bookmarks again, open link, open Bookmarks again, open link and etc.

I'd like to have behaviour when I can click on Bookmark links (one after another) and these will be opened in background and Bookmarks will be still on top focused, until I'll click somewhere on webpage.

Tamil 2. May 2008, 08:45

AFAIK, it is not possible.

Susan 2. June 2008, 22:08

To NN:
Wouldn't it be an idea to use your panel for this? I have mine hidden on the left, you can open it by hovering, it shows the bookmarks and will stay open if you like and keeps your place. It will also open each link in a new tab. Just a thought. :smile:

lilmoder 11. June 2008, 20:04

I want to show folders in status bar. It's possible somehow?

Tamil 12. June 2008, 06:14

Originally posted by lilmoder:

I want to show folders in status bar. It's possible somehow?

AFAIK, :no:.

Anonymous 17. June 2008, 11:21

av writes:

Hi Tamil, is there a way to show bookmarks as images only but show the folders names? or if not is there a way to associate an image with a folder? I'm using both folders and bookmarks on my personal bar and if I set it to show images only I can't tell the difference between my folders.

Tamil 17. June 2008, 11:31

is there a way to show bookmarks as images only but show the folders names?

Nope.

if not is there a way to associate an image with a folder?

AFAIK, :no:.

Anonymous 17. June 2008, 12:24

av writes:

No good for me then... anyway, thanks for the quick response.

Anonymous 29. July 2008, 22:57

a. aesthetik writes:

Being able to show my bookmark folders on my personal bar was very important for me in replicating my Firefox experience, BUT

The inability to drag tabs/sites to the whatever folder on the personal bar that I decide is a huge annoyance.

Having the "panel" constantly open on the side is not something I want to do nor do I want to have to open it every time to find the appropriate folder I want to save a wesbite I am viewing.

I've read around and it appears that this is something that can't be changed or helped which is sad because its just another way that FF is superior.


+-+
another frustration is the INABILITY to right click a bookmark within a folder on the personal bar in order to open a background tab.

Anonymous 6. August 2008, 08:18

bobclifford writes:

i use text, and reduce to name to a minimum in order reduce space, i would like to remove the "folder droparrow", i have done this with mozilla in userChrome.css, and would like a solution for opera.



thank you in advance for any help you can provide to remove the folder droparrows

Tamil 6. August 2008, 08:25

Sorry, I don't know.

mistaknly 28. August 2008, 21:27

Is there a way to do away with Opera's method for handling the personal bar? It is really confusing to have to look all over the place instead of in "ONE" folder as in FF. I always create a personal bar anyway but it eventually gets screwed up and I have to clean up after myself.



Is this a feature change, a forum thread, or is it something that I could do?

Thanks

Tamil 28. August 2008, 21:30

Originally posted by mistaknly:

It is really confusing to have to look all over the place instead of in "ONE" folder as in FF.

Create a new folder in bookmarks and place all personal bar items inside it.

Anonymous 9. January 2009, 22:04

Anonymous writes:

is there a wa for the icons to be placed more aesthetically like in google chrome?

Tamil 9. January 2009, 22:12

I don't know.

Anonymous 25. January 2009, 15:46

chochitoca writes:

How can I show the name of a folder in my personal toolbar when iput the cursor on top, like the opera folder shows?

Tamil 25. January 2009, 15:54

AFAIK, not possible.

Anonymous 11. May 2009, 10:34

^Gh0sT^ writes:

Any chances to add space between the links in the personal bar, because they are so close one next to other that's hard for reading/focusing. I'm using text only bookmarks and with FF there was a separator. Got this here ? I guess not...

Anonymous 30. August 2009, 14:15

Anonymous writes:

How can I slide a new url into an existing personal bar folder?

Tamil 30. August 2009, 14:30

Bookmark it to that folder in bookmarks than enable show in personal bar option after opening manage bookmarks...

Anonymous 6. November 2009, 17:49

Crazy_John writes:

Hi
anyone knows where the personal bar bookmarks are saved ?

because i go install the new version and the last time i did this i lost all them.

Thanks

Anonymous 6. November 2009, 18:32

Crazy_John writes:

got it.
is in the opera6.adr file

Tamil 7. November 2009, 08:47

bookmarks.adr file in Opera 10.

Anonymous 14. November 2009, 10:34

Bibo writes:

Is there anyway how can I delete bookmarks from Personal bar? I want click on bookmark in Personal bar a choose delete so bookmark will be remove not just hidden from Personal bar.
Thansk for help

Tamil 14. November 2009, 11:23

Nope.

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