Add “Show Icons Only” Option for Individual Bookmarks in Firefox

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🔹 Description

I would like to request a feature that allows Firefox users to display individual bookmarks as icons only (favicon without text), similar to the “Show icon only” option available in Microsoft Edge.

This feature should work per bookmark, allowing users to manually enable or disable it one by one instead of applying it globally to the entire bookmarks toolbar.

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🔹 Problem Statement

Currently, Firefox always displays bookmark titles in the bookmarks toolbar. This causes several issues:

• Limited visible bookmarks due to horizontal space constraints

• A cluttered UI when many bookmarks are present

• No way to selectively minimize only frequently used bookmarks

Some bookmarks (like GitHub, Gmail, YouTube, or Dev Tools) are easily recognizable by their icons alone, while others still benefit from having text labels. Firefox currently does not offer this flexibility.

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🔹 Proposed Solution

Add a context menu option for each bookmark, such as:

“Show Icon Only”

When enabled:

• The selected bookmark displays only its favicon (text label hidden)

• Other bookmarks remain unchanged

• The option can be toggled on or off per bookmark

Optionally, this could also be supported in the Edit Bookmark dialog as a checkbox:

☑ Show icon only

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🔹 Use Cases

• Developers who want quick access to tools using recognizable icons

• Users who want a clean, minimal bookmarks bar

• Power users who want fine-grained control instead of a global setting

• Laptop and small-screen users who need to maximize toolbar space

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🔹 Expected Behavior

• User right-clicks a bookmark in the bookmarks toolbar

• Selects “Show Icon Only”

• That bookmark hides its label and displays only the favicon

• User can toggle the option again to restore the text label

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🔹 Benefits

• Clean and modern UI

• More bookmarks visible at once

• Per-bookmark customization (not all-or-nothing)

• Feature parity with other browsers

• Improved productivity and personalization

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🔹 Additional Notes

This feature would align well with Firefox’s core philosophy of user control, customization, and accessibility, especially for power users and developers.

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[Jon]

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[Jon]

Potentially similar idea here: Bookmarks toolbar show only icons