> 1.  I love gmarks - thanks you for creating it.
> 2. I can't seem to find this answer (thought I knew it)   ... is there
> a shortcut to make the gmarks list appear in the sidebar?  (ie - like
> ctrl-b  does for bookmarks)   I would have thought gmarks would
> replace the bookmarks here.   I can click on the icon, but sometimes I
> am in keyboard mode and like a shortcut to bring up the sidebar.
> Did I miss a trick someplace?
> Thanks

> Alt+M. Does that work for you? It should, but some have had problems
> in the past.

> On Jul 1, 2009, at 7:51 PM, vogguy wrote:

> > 1.  I love gmarks - thanks you for creating it.
> > 2. I can't seem to find this answer (thought I knew it)   ... is there
> > a shortcut to make the gmarks list appear in the sidebar?  (ie - like
> > ctrl-b  does for bookmarks)   I would have thought gmarks would
> > replace the bookmarks here.   I can click on the icon, but sometimes I
> > am in keyboard mode and like a shortcut to bring up the sidebar.
> > Did I miss a trick someplace?
> > Thanks

> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 5:21 PM, John Marshall <johnm...@gmail.com>  
> wrote:

> Alt+M. Does that work for you? It should, but some have had problems
> in the past.

> On Jul 1, 2009, at 7:51 PM, vogguy wrote:

> > 1.  I love gmarks - thanks you for creating it.
> > 2. I can't seem to find this answer (thought I knew it)   ... is  
> there
> > a shortcut to make the gmarks list appear in the sidebar?  (ie -  
> like
> > ctrl-b  does for bookmarks)   I would have thought gmarks would
> > replace the bookmarks here.   I can click on the icon, but  
> sometimes I
> > am in keyboard mode and like a shortcut to bring up the sidebar.
> > Did I miss a trick someplace?
> > Thanks

> On Jul 1, 2009, at 8:29 PM, CJ Cornell wrote:

> darn.   yes and no.
> since you suggested alt-m,  if figured this was indeed the official
> shortcut (nowhere on g*d's internet can this be found documented!) ... it
> doesn't work - but it's because it conflicts with another FF add-on.
> Neither add on allows the shortcut to be changed.  But at least now I know
> what the shortcut is *supposed* to be, and get a full night's sleep
> Thanks a bunch.

> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 5:21 PM, John Marshall <johnm...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> Alt+M. Does that work for you? It should, but some have had problems
>> in the past.

>> On Jul 1, 2009, at 7:51 PM, vogguy wrote:

>> > 1.  I love gmarks - thanks you for creating it.
>> > 2. I can't seem to find this answer (thought I knew it)   ... is there
>> > a shortcut to make the gmarks list appear in the sidebar?  (ie - like
>> > ctrl-b  does for bookmarks)   I would have thought gmarks would
>> > replace the bookmarks here.   I can click on the icon, but sometimes I
>> > am in keyboard mode and like a shortcut to bring up the sidebar.
>> > Did I miss a trick someplace?
>> > Thanks

> Also -
> 1.  Since another shortcut conflicted, I really never saw the  
> sidebar  (I used the toolbar icon) ...   SOooooooo ... it would  
> never occur to me to check view->sidebar since Gmarks was never  
> primarily a sidebar utility (for me)

> 2.  Ironically - the add-on that conflicted was TinyMenu    - which  
> allowed me to hide most of the FF toolbar menu ... only exposing  
> "tools" ...

> I appreciate the quick response.  I don't know if you are the author  
> - but all it would take is to make reference to Alt-M in the options  
> dialog  (and even better, an option to change it).

> While I have your attention though ... you wouldn't happen to know  
> if somehow GMarks would allow me to make the bookmarks on the FF  
> toolbar portable, too.   Normally this isn't part of Google-
> Bookmarks, but I thought I would ask if somehow there was a way in  
> GMarks.

> Thanks again

> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 6:10 PM, John Marshall <johnm...@gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> You can change it, there just isn't a nice way. Sorry You can also  
> find the shortcut listed if you go to View->Sidebars->Gmarks. Go to  
> about:config and search for gmarks.keys.sidebar. You can find a  
> description of the available values for the modifier field (which  
> can be a space separated list) at https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL/Attribute/modifiers
>  You will need to restart Firefox.

> On Jul 1, 2009, at 8:29 PM, CJ Cornell wrote:

>> darn.   yes and no.
>> since you suggested alt-m,  if figured this was indeed the official  
>> shortcut (nowhere on g*d's internet can this be found  
>> documented!) ... it doesn't work - but it's because it conflicts  
>> with another FF add-on.   Neither add on allows the shortcut to be  
>> changed.  But at least now I know what the shortcut is *supposed*  
>> to be, and get a full night's sleep
>> Thanks a bunch.

>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 5:21 PM, John Marshall <johnm...@gmail.com>  
>> wrote:

>> Alt+M. Does that work for you? It should, but some have had problems
>> in the past.

>> On Jul 1, 2009, at 7:51 PM, vogguy wrote:

>> > 1.  I love gmarks - thanks you for creating it.
>> > 2. I can't seem to find this answer (thought I knew it)   ... is  
>> there
>> > a shortcut to make the gmarks list appear in the sidebar?  (ie -  
>> like
>> > ctrl-b  does for bookmarks)   I would have thought gmarks would
>> > replace the bookmarks here.   I can click on the icon, but  
>> sometimes I
>> > am in keyboard mode and like a shortcut to bring up the sidebar.
>> > Did I miss a trick someplace?
>> > Thanks

> On Jul 1, 2009, at 9:30 PM, CJ Cornell wrote:

> Thanks.   Useful to know ... but fyi I am happy with it now  (as long as I
> know)

> Also -
> 1.  Since another shortcut conflicted, I really never saw the sidebar  (I
> used the toolbar icon) ...   SOooooooo ... it would never occur to me to
> check view->sidebar since Gmarks was never primarily a sidebar utility (for
> me)

> 2.  Ironically - the add-on that conflicted was TinyMenu    - which allowed
> me to hide most of the FF toolbar menu ... only exposing "tools" ...

> I appreciate the quick response.  I don't know if you are the author - but
> all it would take is to make reference to Alt-M in the options dialog  (and
> even better, an option to change it).

> While I have your attention though ... you wouldn't happen to know if
> somehow GMarks would allow me to make the bookmarks on the FF toolbar
> portable, too.   Normally this isn't part of Google-Bookmarks, but I thought
> I would ask if somehow there was a way in GMarks.

> Thanks again

> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 6:10 PM, John Marshall <johnm...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> You can change it, there just isn't a nice way. Sorry You can also find
>> the shortcut listed if you go to View->Sidebars->Gmarks. Go to about:config
>> and search for gmarks.keys.sidebar. You can find a description of the
>> available values for the modifier field (which can be a space separated
>> list) at https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL/Attribute/modifiers You
>> will need to restart Firefox.

>> On Jul 1, 2009, at 8:29 PM, CJ Cornell wrote:

>> darn.   yes and no.
>> since you suggested alt-m,  if figured this was indeed the official
>> shortcut (nowhere on g*d's internet can this be found documented!) ... it
>> doesn't work - but it's because it conflicts with another FF add-on.
>> Neither add on allows the shortcut to be changed.  But at least now I know
>> what the shortcut is *supposed* to be, and get a full night's sleep
>> Thanks a bunch.

>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 5:21 PM, John Marshall <johnm...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>> Alt+M. Does that work for you? It should, but some have had problems
>>> in the past.

>>> On Jul 1, 2009, at 7:51 PM, vogguy wrote:

>>> > 1.  I love gmarks - thanks you for creating it.
>>> > 2. I can't seem to find this answer (thought I knew it)   ... is there
>>> > a shortcut to make the gmarks list appear in the sidebar?  (ie - like
>>> > ctrl-b  does for bookmarks)   I would have thought gmarks would
>>> > replace the bookmarks here.   I can click on the icon, but sometimes I
>>> > am in keyboard mode and like a shortcut to bring up the sidebar.
>>> > Did I miss a trick someplace?
>>> > Thanks

> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 6:37 PM, John Marshall <johnm...@gmail.com>  
> wrote:
> I'm the author. There's a toolbar item you can add called GMarks  
> Toolbar which you can drag onto the toolbar from the customize  
> dialog (View-Toolbars-Customize). By default  it shows the bookmarks  
> in a drop down list but you can specify a specific label or labels  
> for it to show in the options dialog.

> On Jul 1, 2009, at 9:30 PM, CJ Cornell wrote:

>> Thanks.   Useful to know ... but fyi I am happy with it now  (as  
>> long as I know)

>> Also -
>> 1.  Since another shortcut conflicted, I really never saw the  
>> sidebar  (I used the toolbar icon) ...   SOooooooo ... it would  
>> never occur to me to check view->sidebar since Gmarks was never  
>> primarily a sidebar utility (for me)

>> 2.  Ironically - the add-on that conflicted was TinyMenu    - which  
>> allowed me to hide most of the FF toolbar menu ... only exposing  
>> "tools" ...

>> I appreciate the quick response.  I don't know if you are the  
>> author - but all it would take is to make reference to Alt-M in the  
>> options dialog  (and even better, an option to change it).

>> While I have your attention though ... you wouldn't happen to know  
>> if somehow GMarks would allow me to make the bookmarks on the FF  
>> toolbar portable, too.   Normally this isn't part of Google-
>> Bookmarks, but I thought I would ask if somehow there was a way in  
>> GMarks.

>> Thanks again

>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 6:10 PM, John Marshall <johnm...@gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>> You can change it, there just isn't a nice way. Sorry You can also  
>> find the shortcut listed if you go to View->Sidebars->Gmarks. Go to  
>> about:config and search for gmarks.keys.sidebar. You can find a  
>> description of the available values for the modifier field (which  
>> can be a space separated list) at https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL/Attribute/modifiers
>>  You will need to restart Firefox.

>> On Jul 1, 2009, at 8:29 PM, CJ Cornell wrote:

>>> darn.   yes and no.
>>> since you suggested alt-m,  if figured this was indeed the  
>>> official shortcut (nowhere on g*d's internet can this be found  
>>> documented!) ... it doesn't work - but it's because it conflicts  
>>> with another FF add-on.   Neither add on allows the shortcut to be  
>>> changed.  But at least now I know what the shortcut is *supposed*  
>>> to be, and get a full night's sleep
>>> Thanks a bunch.

>>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 5:21 PM, John Marshall <johnm...@gmail.com>  
>>> wrote:

>>> Alt+M. Does that work for you? It should, but some have had problems
>>> in the past.

>>> On Jul 1, 2009, at 7:51 PM, vogguy wrote:

>>> > 1.  I love gmarks - thanks you for creating it.
>>> > 2. I can't seem to find this answer (thought I knew it)   ... is  
>>> there
>>> > a shortcut to make the gmarks list appear in the sidebar?  (ie -  
>>> like
>>> > ctrl-b  does for bookmarks)   I would have thought gmarks would
>>> > replace the bookmarks here.   I can click on the icon, but  
>>> sometimes I
>>> > am in keyboard mode and like a shortcut to bring up the sidebar.
>>> > Did I miss a trick someplace?
>>> > Thanks

> On Jul 1, 2009, at 9:45 PM, CJ Cornell wrote:

> Oh I use both toolbar items  (the one you described, and the one that opens
> the sidebar).
> Allow me to restate my question.
> ON the toolbar, I have a few bookmarks  (not icons, not buttons, but
> Firefox bookmarks .,... on the toolbar, ready to click).   my 400 other
> bookmarks are in google-bookmarks ... portable everywhere.   I've used
> google bookmarks for a year or two, and I am unaware of an obvious way to
> make the TOOLBAR set of bookmarks portable.
> No need to describe workarounds (I certainly can copy the toolbar bookmarks
> into google-bookmarks in its own special label) ...
> but if gmarks had a way to do this it would be nice   (for instance if
> gmarks maintained a special hidden label so it could force google to save to
> toolbar bookmarks)
> I work on at least 3 different machines  (home desktop, laptop, work
> desktop .. and sometimes when i visit my parents or something s... so
> portability is a very nice thing for me)
> Thanks again for your time and attention!

> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 6:37 PM, John Marshall <johnm...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> I'm the author. There's a toolbar item you can add called GMarks Toolbar
>> which you can drag onto the toolbar from the customize dialog
>> (View-Toolbars-Customize). By default  it shows the bookmarks in a drop down
>> list but you can specify a specific label or labels for it to show in the
>> options dialog.

>> On Jul 1, 2009, at 9:30 PM, CJ Cornell wrote:

>> Thanks.   Useful to know ... but fyi I am happy with it now  (as long as I
>> know)

>> Also -
>> 1.  Since another shortcut conflicted, I really never saw the sidebar  (I
>> used the toolbar icon) ...   SOooooooo ... it would never occur to me to
>> check view->sidebar since Gmarks was never primarily a sidebar utility (for
>> me)

>> 2.  Ironically - the add-on that conflicted was TinyMenu    - which
>> allowed me to hide most of the FF toolbar menu ... only exposing "tools"
>> ...

>> I appreciate the quick response.  I don't know if you are the author - but
>> all it would take is to make reference to Alt-M in the options dialog  (and
>> even better, an option to change it).

>> While I have your attention though ... you wouldn't happen to know if
>> somehow GMarks would allow me to make the bookmarks on the FF toolbar
>> portable, too.   Normally this isn't part of Google-Bookmarks, but I thought
>> I would ask if somehow there was a way in GMarks.

>> Thanks again

>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 6:10 PM, John Marshall <johnm...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>> You can change it, there just isn't a nice way. Sorry You can also find
>>> the shortcut listed if you go to View->Sidebars->Gmarks. Go to about:config
>>> and search for gmarks.keys.sidebar. You can find a description of the
>>> available values for the modifier field (which can be a space separated
>>> list) at https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL/Attribute/modifiers You
>>> will need to restart Firefox.

>>> On Jul 1, 2009, at 8:29 PM, CJ Cornell wrote:

>>> darn.   yes and no.
>>> since you suggested alt-m,  if figured this was indeed the official
>>> shortcut (nowhere on g*d's internet can this be found documented!) ... it
>>> doesn't work - but it's because it conflicts with another FF add-on.
>>> Neither add on allows the shortcut to be changed.  But at least now I know
>>> what the shortcut is *supposed* to be, and get a full night's sleep
>>> Thanks a bunch.

>>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 5:21 PM, John Marshall <johnm...@gmail.com>wrote:

>>>> Alt+M. Does that work for you? It should, but some have had problems
>>>> in the past.

>>>> On Jul 1, 2009, at 7:51 PM, vogguy wrote:

>>>> > 1.  I love gmarks - thanks you for creating it.
>>>> > 2. I can't seem to find this answer (thought I knew it)   ... is there
>>>> > a shortcut to make the gmarks list appear in the sidebar?  (ie - like
>>>> > ctrl-b  does for bookmarks)   I would have thought gmarks would
>>>> > replace the bookmarks here.   I can click on the icon, but sometimes I
>>>> > am in keyboard mode and like a shortcut to bring up the sidebar.
>>>> > Did I miss a trick someplace?
>>>> > Thanks