Visual bookmarks are an easy, accessible way to instantly jump to important web pages. By default, Mozilla Firefox has its own version of visual bookmarks. But what if when creating a new tab visual bookmarks are no longer displayed?

Visual Mozilla bookmarks Firefox is a tool that allows you to quickly jump to frequently visited pages. The key phrase here is "frequently visited" - after all, in this decision bookmarks appear automatically based on your visits.

Option 1: Display of bookmarks has been disabled

The display of visual bookmarks can be easily turned on and off by the settings of the web browser itself. First, check if the parameter responsible for the operation of this function is activated:

Option 2: Disable third-party add-ons

The work of some add-ons for Firefox is aimed at changing the display of the page called when a new tab is created. If you have once installed any extension that potentially or directly affects browser bookmarks, be sure to try disabling it and make sure that the standard rendering of frequently visited sites returns.

Now open a new tab and see if the result has changed. If so, it remains to experimentally find out which extension is the culprit, and leave it disabled or remove it, while not forgetting to enable the rest.

Option 3: Cleared your browsing history

As mentioned above, the standard visual bookmarks embedded in Mozilla Firefox, display the web pages you visit most often. If you recently cleaned your browsing history, then the essence of the disappearance of visual bookmarks becomes clear. In this case, you have nothing else to do but to build up your browsing history again, after which you can gradually restore visual bookmarks in Mozile.

Please note that the default visual bookmarks in Mozilla Firefox are a mediocre bookmarking tool that works until the first time you clear your web browser.

Try as an alternative to use, for example, the Speed ​​Dial extension - this is the most functional solution for working with visual bookmarks.

Moreover, Speed ​​Dial has a data backup function, which means that no more bookmarks and settings you have made will be lost.

We hope this article helped you bring visual bookmarks back to Firefox.

After Yandex developed its own search engine he has updated most of the services and services. The so-called improvement also affected the search engine Mazil, which was very much disliked by many users.

That is why the question of returning to old version saved resources in Firefox.

Restore visual bookmarks

Before starting the procedure, you need to remove the new addition. To do this, open the Firefox menu and click on the "Add-ons" column, and then activate the Extensions item.

First of all, you need to download the file from previous version and drag it to the open browser window. After performing these manipulations, the browser will open the installation window, where you will need to click on the Run now button.

At the end of the restart, you need to go to the search engine menu and select the Add-ons column. In this column, you should find the Extensions item and go to the Add-ons Management tab. In order not to disappear visual bookmarks next to the item of the same name, you must select the More link.

After that, you must disable the program update by checking the box next to the Disabled value. This will prevent the extension from changing automatically.

If the previously saved data has been lost, then you should try to restore it. backup... To do this, in the search engine settings, you must specify the Import item and backup and see the possible recovery options.

Features of work

If you managed to return the old visual bookmarks for Mozilla Firefox, then you need to additionally consolidate the positive result. To do this, after disconnecting automatic update it is worth doing the following:

The newly opened search engine will immediately display the home page in the old form of saved resources for Mazilla.

Answering the question of how to return the previous view, one cannot but mention that links from Yandex can also be optimized at your discretion.

In a special window, you can set the update frequency, the number of links, or set a new background image. The lost interface becomes fully accessible to the user. Recovery also implies additional activation of the required parameters. The user can, for example, display the panel of sites or change their number in the browser window.

To add new resources, select an empty window and click the left mouse button. Then find in the displayed area one of those sites that have recently been closed or enter the address of another.

The windows can be moved if necessary. The following operations with resources are available to the user:

• Editing.
• Update.
• Removal.

It is quite easy to restore the old look of your saved sites in Firefox. To do this, you just need to select the previous modification of the panel from Yandex, install it and configure it according to your preferences.

Many people liked the idea of ​​visual bookmarks, and Mozilla Firefox users wanted this functionality on their favorite browser. Browser developers supported this idea weakly, but many third-party add-ons have appeared that perform the demanded task. But even these plugins may turn out to be "raw", as users often complain that visual bookmarks in FireFox have disappeared. Find out how to restore them in this article.

About visual bookmarks

I will immediately mention some points. What is now presented in the browser can be called visual bookmarks, but the functionality remains incompletely worked out.

Yes, the sites you have visited are displayed when you open a new tab (not home page). But you cannot add a bookmark here yourself. In general, you can pin the position of the site (I pinned the site bbc.com) and it will remain in this window, even if:

Otherwise, if you have not checked the "Fix this site in the current position" checkbox, all data will be lost forever.

Advice! Do you work with foreign sites through Mozilla Firefox? Connect to recognize unknown foreign words on the spot or translate the entire text.

Supplements

Browser plugins help to solve the problem with the full functionality of bookmarks, and more. For example, by installing an extension in Mozilla Firefox from Yandex, you can get additional useful information... To install, just click "Add to Firefox".

But what if, when opening the browser and starting a new session, the visual bookmarks of the plugin disappeared and the standard "new tab" is displayed?

Probably, there was some kind of malfunction of the plugin and Mozilla Firefox turned it off. To turn the add-on back on:

In case the plug-in does not turn off, but it has problems, contact the add-on author or look for information on the home page.

How to recover missing bookmarks in Mozilla Firefox browser?

Visual bookmarks in browsers help the user quickly find and navigate to the sites he needs. The system of featured sites in Mozilla Firefox was created to conveniently organize data. But each person can make a mistake and make a hasty decision, due to which visual bookmarks can disappear. For such cases, browsers have provided special "stores" from which you can get the tabs you need. Therefore, in case of an unforeseen situation, you can be sure that the last 15 bookmarks were saved in the archive of this browser. What to do if bookmarks in the mozilla are missing, how to recover deleted or missing files?

Restore a disappeared bookmark bar

The Mozila browser does not have its own express panel by default. If for some reason you have lost the bookmarks bar in the moss, you can restore it as follows:

• Find and click on the "menu" button. This section is indicated by the icon.
• From there, select the "change" function.
• Next, the menu will drop the function "Show / Hide panels".
• Then click on "Bookmarks Bar".
• Now you can exit, "Exit setting".

Thus, you will get access to the express panel.

Tip: For convenient use of the panel with bookmarks, you can create a separate folder for them. To do this, click the "View" button, then "Toolbars", then "Bookmarks Bar". In this menu, you can save and sort the links you want.

Restore the display of bookmarks on the taskbar

Browser bookmarks can disappear from the taskbar for several reasons.

• Visual bookmarks disappeared in the moss after installing the add-on. In this case, the browser might not close correctly before launching. You can return the tabs after restarting your computer.
• Bookmarks disappeared after importing them from another browser. Typically, after import, tabs are saved to the bookmark menu. You should find the bookmark button. Then click on "Show all bookmarks".
• The tabs disappeared when the system was reinstalled. To fix this, you can copy all the links yourself. Go to the main menu in the "Bookmarks" item. Open Show All Bookmarks. Next, find the "Library" window. In this window there will be a function "Import and Backup". The "Restore" button will appear in the menu list. Here you will see everything possible ways to restore the links you need.

In the latter case, you should be careful, since after returning links from the archive, the current set of bookmarks will be overwritten.

If your bookmarks suddenly disappear, don't worry - you can restore them. This article describes how to restore your bookmarks if they suddenly disappear.

• If you can add, remove, and change bookmarks, but the changes are not saved when you restart Firefox, see Can't add, change, or save bookmarks - How to fix it.

My Bookmarks bar is not showing

If you used the Bookmarks bar to quickly access your favorite bookmarks and the bar is no longer there, you may have turned off the option to display the Bookmarks bar. To turn it back on:

• Right-click on an empty area of ​​the navigation bar and select Bookmarks Bar from the drop-down menu.

• On the menu bar, click View, select Toolbars and then select Bookmarks Bar.

I cannot find all my bookmarks and folders

Follow these steps to add a Bookmarks Menu button to the toolbar that displays all of your bookmarks and folders:

The Show Your Bookmarks button appears on the toolbar next to the Library button.

My bookmarks are gone

To restore bookmarks that were previously saved in the Bookmarks menu or in the Bookmarks toolbar are no longer available, see the article Restore bookmarks from a backup or transfer them to another computer.

There is a folder "Old Firefox Data" on my PC

Bookmarks are not displayed after installing the add-on

If you restarted Firefox after installing the add-on and your bookmarks disappeared, then Firefox may not have closed properly before restarting. Restart your computer to restore your bookmarks.

I cannot find my Bookmarks after import

If you imported bookmarks from another browser, then they may appear in separate folder Bookmarks menu. To find your imported bookmarks, do the following:

• Depending on the type of browser you imported from, your bookmarks may appear in a folder named after the browser name in the bookmark list.
  • Internet Explorer - The folder is called From Internet Explorer.
  • Opera - The folder is called From Opera.
  • Bookmarks imported from other browsers will be located in folders named by analogy.
• If the original bookmarks were arranged in a folder hierarchy, then the structure of this tree will be preserved inside this new folder named after the browser name.

I can only see standard set bookmarks in the Bookmarks folder

Your bookmarks are associated with the Firefox profile you are using. Most Firefox users use a single default profile. However, there are times when you or Firefox create new profile... When activated, it contains a standard set of bookmarks, which can give the impression that your personal bookmarks are gone. The following steps give you the ability to determine if a new profile has been created and how to restore the previous profile.

Determining whether Firefox has created a new profile

You can open the Profile Manager to see if there are other profiles that may contain your lost bookmarks as follows:

Enter about: profiles into the Firefox address bar and press the key EnterReturn... This will open the page About profiles.

This page will contain a list of at least one profile, and may contain several. The profile that Firefox is currently using will have the following caption:
This profile is currently in use and cannot be deleted.

If you have another profile listed on this page, it may contain your lost bookmarks. You can click the button to open another Firefox window using that profile. If it contains your lost bookmarks, you can set it as the profile that Firefox will open by default.You can click on the button Launch another browser with this profile to open another Firefox window using that profile. If it contains your lost bookmarks, you can set it as a profile that Firefox will open by default. Click the button Set as default profile for this profile and Firefox will use it automatically the next time you start Firefox.