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Sites in my bookmark bar not showing. Only a black bar present.

Herknight69420 — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 01:28:04 GMT

I updated to version 98.0.1 on my desktop recently and non of my bookmarked pages are showing. I didn't do any changes to my bookmark settings before nor after the update.

Re: Sites in my bookmark bar not showing. Only a black bar present.

jscher2000 — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 02:03:01 GMT

Could you go into the Customize panel and see whether "Bookmarks Toolbar Items" is on the bar? Sometimes it ends up getting moved somewhere else or even completely removed from the bar.

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/customize-firefox-controls-buttons-and-toolbars

If the control is there but it's not displaying the expected bookmarks, you can use the Bookmarks Sidebar to verify that those bookmarks are still in the "Bookmarks Toolbar" list rather than one of the other two (Bookmarks Menu, Other Bookmarks).

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/use-firefox-sidebar-access-bookmarks-history-synced

Re: Sites in my bookmark bar not showing. Only a black bar present.

Herknight69420 — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 16:53:33 GMT

Thank you and yes, everthing is there as it should be.

Re: Sites in my bookmark bar not showing. Only a black bar present.

jscher2000 — Sat, 19 Mar 2022 18:34:32 GMT

Hmm, if you have Bookmarks Toolbar Items on the bar and you have bookmarks in the Bookmarks Toolbar category of the sidebar, and nothing is visible, it gives me a bad feeling that something has become corrupted.

Does the problem continue after a regular shutdown and restart of your system (the idea behind this is to release file locks and complete any pending updates)?

Re: Sites in my bookmark bar not showing. Only a black bar present.

Herknight69420 — Sun, 20 Mar 2022 00:57:58 GMT

It worked! Thank you so much 😄

Re: Sites in my bookmark bar not showing. Only a black bar present.

sharkydart — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 23:02:58 GMT

I am experiencing the bookmarks toolbar not showing anything:

The space where it should show is completely empty
The bookmarks toolbar folder contains all expected bookmarks

I have tried:

Clearing files (extensions*, configuration.ini) from profile folder and restarting
verifying integrity of places database
removing & replacing bookmarks toolbar into various spots
toggling the bookmarks toolbar off and on
uninstalling and reinstalling firefox

Nothing has worked from Discussion suggestions I have found in the forum. This has been happening as of the last patch. I am on 99.0.1 (64-bit)

Re: Sites in my bookmark bar not showing. Only a black bar present.

jscher2000 — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:45:36 GMT

Hi sharkydart, I think you have checked all the logical things, and I assume you also tried the regular shutdown and restart of your system.

That leads me to suggest things based on guesses. One possible reason for "Bookmarks Toolbar Items" not to populate would be if despite the Verify Integrity test passing, there actually is something strange at the beginning of the items. Can you open the Library window (Ctrl+Shift+O; Mac: Command+Shift+O), click Bookmarks Toolbar in the left column, then on the right side, drag one of your bookmarks to the top so that whatever has been in that position moves down to the next spot. Any difference on the actual toolbar?

Re: Sites in my bookmark bar not showing. Only a black bar present.

sjh4255 — Thu, 04 May 2023 20:30:51 GMT

Hi there,

I am running 112.02 on MacOS and since the last update, I notice the first window that comes up when you first open firefox, the bookmarks bar is missing, even if you go from "Never show" to "Always show".

BUT... the next window, or any more windows that open, the bookmarks tab shows up just fine, it only seems to be on first opening of the firefox that this happens, I know my solution already, just open a second window, which is fine, but still not the way it should function.

Cheers,

Steven