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Where is the star icon for one-click bookmarking in Firefox 23.0.1?

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There was a star icon in the address bar, which could add a bookmark in one click, no drop down menus or keyboard shortcuts needed. It was quick and convenient. Is it not in the firefox upgrade? If not, is there an add-on that can replace that feature?

There was a star icon in the address bar, which could add a bookmark in one click, no drop down menus or keyboard shortcuts needed. It was quick and convenient. Is it not in the firefox upgrade? If not, is there an add-on that can replace that feature?

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If it works in Safe Mode and in normal mode with all extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) disabled then try to find which extension is causing it by enabling one extension at a time until the problem reappears.

Close and restart Firefox after each change via "Firefox > Exit" (Windows: Firefox/File > Exit; Mac: Firefox > Quit Firefox; Linux: Firefox/File > Quit)

Try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.

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That wasnt removed. Reset the localstore.rdf file.

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Opening firefox in safe mode restores the star quick bookmark icon. But restoring the localstore.rdf file does not replace the star bookmark icon.

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Can you attach a screenshot that shows the Navigation Toolbar?

Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot.

You may not notice this star icon as it can be quite faint when you aren't on a bookmarked page.

Are you using a custom theme?

You shouldn't restore a localstore.rdf, but let Firefox create a new file and redo all toolbar customizations.

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Neither restoring a previous localstore.rdf from a backup nor allowing firefox to create a new one helped. Renaming the safe-mode localstore.rdf, did not help either.

The star icon is not there. It is obviously there in safe-mode. In the address bar there is a go to the page arrow pointing right, a drop down triangle, and a refresh circular arrow icon.

There is no custom theme installed. The icon vanished after updating firefox.

Clarification: The star icon is missing from the location bar. It has seemingly been replaced by the go-to-address arrow icon, which previously was not a static icon in the location bar.

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If it works in Safe Mode and in normal mode with all extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) disabled then try to find which extension is causing it by enabling one extension at a time until the problem reappears.

Close and restart Firefox after each change via "Firefox > Exit" (Windows: Firefox/File > Exit; Mac: Firefox > Quit Firefox; Linux: Firefox/File > Quit)

Try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.

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The Old Location Bar add-on changed the bookmark icon. The add-on and firefox were updated recently. The quick bookmarking icon functioned with the previous edition of the add-on. Deleting the add-on restored the bookmark icon. Thank you for the suggestion which solved the issue.

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I can see the quick bookmarking icon on the right side of my search toolbar when i click on customize. However when I close the customize it disappears. I dont have the Old Location Bar add-on.

Any ideas on how to get it back?

Jim

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Hi eastonfmly

Could you please start a new thread for your question instead of posting in an existing thread?

Then you can provide more information like your operating system and installed extensions and installed plugins.


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