Restore ability to preserve desktop bookmark order in Firefox Android

[bvanmater]

A recent Firefox Android update made it so that bookmarks and bookmark folders are now automatically sorted by date created (or used, perhaps?), most recent first. From what I can gather from this bugzilla report (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1928574), this was a deliberate design change.

This change is extremely detrimental to the way I use bookmarks. I have hundreds of them, all neatly organized into folders and subfolders and ordered precisely how I want them. I absolutely do not want Firefox to arbitrarily override this ordering.

Previously, when syncing bookmarks from the Desktop browser, Firefox Android preserved the ordering of bookmarks. It was possible to sort bookmarks as you liked in the Desktop browser, and this would carry over to mobile. The only way to restore this behavior at the moment is to access the Secret Settings menu and toggle off the Enable Compose Bookmarks flag.

Please add an easily accessible (not buried in developer settings) option to disable this automatic sorting and restore the previous behavior.

Instructions for disabling automatic sorting currently:

1. Open settings.
2. Tap on About Firefox
3. Tap on the Firefox logo 5 times to enable developer settings.
4. Back out to the main settings menu, scroll down to Secret Settings, and tap on that.
5. Find the 'Enable Compose Bookmarks' toggle and turn it off.

[DuxX]

Thanks a lot. it really annoys me that almost every time a new version comes out I have to fight with some problems

[Synchro]

Thanks for telling about the way to fix it! Last update on bookmarks is just a nightmare for me, looks more like a beta experiment than a release feature.

[NSCowboy]

Please make this an easy option. Or, better yet, stop forcing a totally illogical sorting of Bookmarks and folders on your loyal user base!

It's bad enough that you (now) long-ago took away the quick, easy access to bookmarks in the address bar. But forcing alphabetical or date created order on us all is ridiculous. 

[raettchen3]

Ideas like this make you questioning the world. Why on earth should one sort bookmarks by any other logic than manually? How on earth could the idea of automatically sorting by whatever criteria end up in the final browser release? Oh, Mozilla…

Thanks for the workaround, it works, but really: Please rollback that code. That idea was crazy.

[theresoluteone1]

Yet again mozilla is determined to lose users.

Anyone know how to get the folders back in the right place too?

If not, I guess someone will have to fix this with an addon as mozilla obviously don't give a crap about their users.

[NSCowboy]

There are instructions above in this thread on how to resolve the problem. Posted by Bvanmater. They solve the problem. Basically, you have to go into developer mode and the option magically appears.

Stupid that you have to jump through hoops, but it does work. The majority of users are either just living with the bug or will dump Firefox out of frustration.

[schottle]

Thank you for the Secret Settings workaround.  Mozilla, please add the ability to leave bookmarks unsorted or manually sorted.

[Thunderpaws]

I'm so glad to find how to stop the scrambling of my bookmarks.  I was starting to use "gasp" Microsoft Edge more and more.  So nice to be able to return from hell.