Multi Row feature in Chrome's horizontal Bookmark Toolbar

[megamike]

Google Chrome doesn't yet have an extension or built-in features to put more rows for the horizontal bookmark toolbar (the one that resides on top).

1. Someone gave me the idea that I can organise it in folders but it defeats the purpose of what I want = multi-row bookmark toolbar.
   
2. Another argument people have is that it clutters the browser view = its a free country, people should have the ability to have more than one row of bookmarks for whatever reason.
   

• There is a large group of users who will not want to use Chrome browser because of it.
  
• Mozilla Firefox has a plugin on their market that has this ability.
  
• No such extension or feature in Chrome.
  
• Can someone make an extension or view feature built-in; that allows for multiple rows of bookmarks?
  

[megamike]

Here is an example of what I mean about being able to resize the Bookmarks toolbar so that more bookmarks can be visible to me.

[megamike]

Raised ticket with the Chromium team: 

Issue 132246:

Chrome browser UI - Bookmarks bar cannot be resized vertically - need to be able to increase amount of rows to fit more Bookmarks

regards,

megamike

[Levente Almási]

Yes please can someone help on this? this is the reason i am going to uninstall chrome !

[Evans Turner (Work)]

"It's a free country."

Chrome and Chromium are used in many different countries.

Just sayin' ...

-Evans

[Evans Turner (Work)]

Shows an interesting way the Bookbarks bar integrates with the UI:

- Go to the New Tab page.

- Hold down the [Ctrl] and [Shift] keys together at the same time.

- While holding [Ctrl] and [Shift], press the [B] key repeatedly.

See how the Bookmarks bar animates as it pops on-and-off the browser UI? Just something neat I noticed.

-Evans

On Sunday, June 10, 2012 6:11:02 AM UTC-4, megamike wrote:

[Stephen]

Don't see this on Chromium, (animation). Just switches the bookmark bar on/off as a toggle. Version 20.0.1132.43 Debian wheezy/sid (143823)

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[PhistucK]

Note that it only happens when you view the New Tab page.

I am not sure it works on Macintosh/Linux, it surely works on Windows.

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[Evans Turner]

As PhistucK said, it only works on the NTP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwnkMpIjOus

-Evans

[Stephen]

Not on my new tab page. Can anyone confirm if this works on Linux?

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[Pavel Ivanov]

I can confirm that this doesn't work on my Linux box on Chrome
21.0.1180.15 dev and works on Windows (which is Chromium something
around 22.0.1194.0).

Pavel

[Stephen]

Thanks Pavel.

[John Berger]

I would absolutely LOVE for this to be an option in Chrome.  I installed the multirow toolbar extension for Firefox and I use it regularly (four rows of RSS feeds), but I can't deal with Firefox's single-threaded attitude where a hangup in one tab freezes up the rest.  This would be so wonderful to have in Chrome.

[MeMad Max]

*Bump*

Someone PLEASE Add this!

If anything, just port multi row bookmark toolbar to chrome, and everyone will nearly be happy! lol

[kevisede Yhome]

Rightclick >> any bookmark 
Click >> EDIT "pop-up will appear"
In the Name of bookmark  >> You can remove NAME, leave field empty , then only Icon will appear on the Toolbar HENCE, you can put about 50 bookmarks on that Toolbar

[Frances Cherman]

That is SO not a solution, Kevisede! So you have 50 icons and no idea what pages they link to.

[221pisces]

Actually, that's how I have mine set up..... no text only icons but still there isn't enough room so I just made folders with bookmarks in them and stuck those on my bar. One thing also, you can tell which  is which with no text because some have the logo as the icon like facebook, google voice, yahoo etc. but for the ones that don't you just hover over it and the name shows up.

hope it helps.

[ajidle]

This should be fairly easy. Like whats so time consuming... lol... come on google!

[yfimc2]

Would be really beneficial to have more than one line of bookmarks especially on the new tab screen. There is SOOOOOO much white space and making me go through a menu to get to a bookmark is just silly

[Fred V. Lord of Glencoe]

if the option is here, you're free to use it or not. I there is no option than you have none.... think !!

nobody forces anybody to have multiple rows of bookmarks but it certainly would be great for people who want to use it to have the possibility to do so. 

By the way, what country would no allow its citizens to use multiple rows ? Evansland  maybe ??

[Loopy Cooney]

I fully agree.  I've searched high and low for an app or extension that would allow me to resize the one already there OR give me the option to add another bar but nothing.  It seems so simple to me.  I might have to go back to Firefox for this reason.   I know this is an old post but thought I would add my 5 cents worth (inflation..:)

Loopy

[Steven G]

I'm in the same boat as a recent full-convert from Firefox (or attempting to be anyway) Multirow's extension (both versions combined) has had about 80k installs for Firefox, so it is a feature that would get used by plenty of people.

It's really the only thing I miss from Firefox, but it's big enough that I'm thinking about going back to FF as my primary.

Maybe someone should raise the issue with Multirow, or any dev for that matter, as long as it can be done with Chrome's API there's no reason a third party can't create the extension.

[vrs]

If your core intention is to access more bookmarks instantly, try to organize them  in folders.Folders will be displayed as drop-down menu, so as to access many bookmarks quickly. if so ,your intention will be cleared alternatively.

[Steven G]

The Op states that it's been recommended to him previously to use folders to organize bookmarks, and while I do agree that folders should be used simply for organization, saying "Just stick them in folders to cut down on the number of items" is nothing more than a workaround, because it does two negative things:

1) Creates more clicks to get to the bookmarks that are supposed to be "instantly accessible" which degrades the UX.

2) Folders have their limits too, I've got 10 categorized folders on the root of my bar, some having up to 2 sub-folder layers, but even after whittling down my bookmarks after my switch from FF I still have about 250 and I haven't been able to come up with a sensibly organized way to compress them any more than I already have while leaving them readily accessible.

While obviously we're not going to have unlimited storage with a mult-row bar, it gives us the choice of losing a little more vertical space, or clean up what we have...this is exactly the same choice given to us on having the bookmark bar visible in the first place.

[Nathan Kayhan]

I'm utterly baffled this isn't a standard feature, and that no one has made an extension that does this. I'm using folders and have run out of room. This is ridiculous. The web is a big place that needs a lot of bookmarks to keep track of and believe me, Google, I have the screen resolution to spare. Just do it already!

[Brian Mazakas]

I really like intelligent answers.  He knows chrome does not have it, and he does not care what country uses it.  Tell him your going to look into it and pass it along.  That's it!

[Brian Mazakas]

Google makes it's money from advertising.  So if they can control your bookmarks where you go and what you see, they make more money.  They are not going to do it because it is anti corporate policy to do anything that would kill revenue. So just forget Chrome.

[Brian Mazakas]

You only approve post that are Pro Chrome.

On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 12:42:13 AM UTC-7, Nathan Kayhan wrote:

[Kirk Ross]

I'm also shocked this isn't a standard feature. I'd glaldy give up 28px of vertical real estate to have a second row on my bookmarks bar.

[Mugsys RapSheet]

Just installed Chrome but am likely to go back to Firefox because of issues like this. Bump.

[Ben Rosenberg]

its been about 2 years since your post of request, have there been any updates? has anyone created an extension or has Google implemented this feature yet? I would definitely love to have to bars as I use quite a few site that I have to visit frequently but the rest are fine being in drop down menu

On Sunday, June 10, 2012 5:11:02 AM UTC-5, megamike wrote:

Google Chrome doesn't yet have an extension or built-in features to put more rows for the horizontal bookmark toolbar (the one that resides on top).

[Loopy Cooney]

To my knowledge there is nothing available in Chrome to do this.  That's why I have just recently gone back to Firefox.  Such a simple request that has gone on for years and Chrome has done nothing about it.  I have 3 rows so far in my multirow bar in Firefox.

Sorry to disappoint.

[Steve Havelock]

Not to "pile on", but I have also been looking for a way to have this feature for about a year now.  I'm glad to see I'm not the only one.  I have been trying to avoid going back to Firefox, as I really like the simplicity and ease of use of Chrome.  C'mon Google, please pay attention.

[Ryan Winsauer]

I agree as well and could really use this feature. I use the bookmarks bar as my main navigation panel which is nice because it's synced right away on any computer I use after I login to google. I could definitely

use some more rows of visible shortcut bookmarks though. Thanks for the suggestion megamike.

[Isiah Meadows]

I have a suggestion, file a new bug about it. Go to crbug.com, click "New Issue", and when it asks where the bug is (UI, security, etc.), click Other. On that step, choose the label "Type-Feature".

[PhistucK]

Unless you are a project member, you cannot set its type to Feature. Instead, post a link to the issue you created here and we will change it to Feature.

☆PhistucK

On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Isiah Meadows <impi...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have a suggestion, file a new bug about it. Go to crbug.com, click "New Issue", and when it asks where the bug is (UI, security, etc.), click Other. On that step, choose the label "Type-Feature".

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[Isiah Meadows]

I went through the wizard most of the way, and it gave that option under "Please select a label to classify your issue". Is that a bug in the wizard? I'm doing this over and over on my phone.

[PhistucK]

Sorry! I missed the part where you instructed to choose Others.

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On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Isiah Meadows <impi...@gmail.com> wrote:

I went through the wizard most of the way, and it gave that option under "Please select a label to classify your issue". Is that a bug in the wizard? I'm doing this over and over on my phone.

[Isiah Meadows]

Feature request bug crbug.com/382339 filed.

[Isiah Meadows]

Yeah... That kinda helps a little... :P

[Jason Wright]

maybe this http://smallbusiness.chron.com/add-another-line-bookmarks-toolbar-72623.html

[coolcatch]

Switchmark in Chrome, lets you switch between bookmarks easily, just got it going to try it out for a while to see how it works. 

[megamike]

Switchmark on Chrome Web Extension Store: 

Message from developers: 

[IMPORTANT]

This extension is currently in beta - please back up your bookmarks before installation.

Sorry coolcatch - me no risky risky loose my bookmarks. 

But looks promising. 

[megamike]

Extra Bookmarks Bar extension: 

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/extra-bookmarks-bar/pacejegmplpbkcpaphckhlfaefmmjkpd

Message from developer: 

"Please note that there is currently no way of making an additional bar that is exactly like the one that is already in Chrome."

- my comment about the above extension: im not after extra bar of boomarks at the bottom of the Crome window but an extra bar smae as the one line provided built in Chrome. 

I prefer that Google themselves add an option in Settings or in Bookmark Manager that allows us to choose how many rows of bookmarks we want but not alter or make weird approximations - it doesnt look good when 3rd party extension developers do it and I don't like adding additional extensions as its a resource hog and can destabilise Chrome. 

Roomy Bookmarks bar extension: 

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/roomy-bookmarks-toolbar/kmfbpoigddhdibjcilijiejaidggonfc

Message From Developer: 

"This NOT Firefox like version. In Chrome add-on can only get bookmarks properties. And add-on can't edit bookmarks style(like in Firefox).

I try make simple and Firefox like bookmarks bar."

- my comment about the above extension: ditto - same as above comment for the other extension. 

So my "followup" feedback to the Chromium Project Team and +Google Chrome Developers team - could you add the settings in Bookmark Manager but don't turn on the setting? That way we "specialised" users can increase amount of rows for the boomarks bar as we please. Isn't customer always right? 

If someone knows how to send them this message to these guys please do so, thanks kindly. 

[Jonathan Garbee]

> Isn't customer always right? 

The customer says dynamite and a lighter are OK to give to children, is this right?

Let's also stop calling everything a "simple" feature just because it seems simple in UX. Things that have good UX tend to have a lot of trash under the hood to make it work right. Which is why Chrome isn't bloated with settings to kingdom come.

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[megamike]

I dont think this discussion is encouraging that customer is "always" right. 

It is simply covering a common need of a customer to adjust the height of bookmarks bar. 

From a users perspective - not from programmers perspective. Height adjustment in Chrome as a setting I'm sure wouldn't be a huge problem. 

Lets not head down the apple path of locking and restricting everything because some guy decides "one size fits all" 

Google and open source products are great because they listen to customers and make products that are useful - if it isnt a major change. 

If someone doesn't find this idea of a multi-row toolbar useful then why are they replying at all? There is plenty of people that use it in Firefox in some fashion and are thinking of switching to Chrome but they lie that "multi-row" feature.  

 

With good coding and good design comes UX that is not filled with trash and performs well without the need to go over minimalist. 

There is of course a balance. But as we have seen in this particular feature its not working too well as an extension and looks bloated and not right. 

So, maybe, there might be a simpler way to add a setting that people can simply switch to add extra rows. (If they want to)

I'm glad Google understands that to run a successful business you must listen to your customers needs and at the same time balance ensuring a viable and useful product. 

And from what I've seen so far they do act on "viable" ideas. 

If they think this is a great idea then they will eventually add it. 

I've been participating in the Chromium project and interacted with the developers. 

They do an awesome job of prioritising and sometimes listening to feedback. 

I suggest that others don't dismiss others opinions (eg: mine) - it's more constructive to share constructive feedback without trying to breakdown an entire discussion or someones work. 

[Jonathan Garbee]

I wasn't dismissing the proposal. I was dismissing the notion that a "customer is always right" and the fact that everything people think is so "simple". If we stopped trying to push these two thoughts for why everything should be done on a whim, conversation becomes much more productive then just "Do it because it is easy and I ask for it."

[Byron Robyn]

Has Google become so arrogant they want to me what I want? Sounds like MicroSquish all over again! I want a second bookmark bar! It's that simple! And I DO use folders! How many users need to switch back to FireFox before Google get's it? Users have options! We don't NEED to use Google! Take 1 developer off your ridiculous daily banner changes, and do as the users expect of you!

On Monday, June 11, 2012 at 3:33:06 AM UTC-4, megamike wrote:

Here is an example of what I mean about being able to resize the Bookmarks toolbar so that more bookmarks can be visible to me.

[Sharmyn Lilly]

I need two rows of bookmarks in my bookmarks bar, too.  But if that is impossible, I'd like to know how to resize, it as you suggest.  Can you tell me how to do so?  Thanks.

[Daniel Borhanian]

I can't upvote this enough.  Yes, please introduce this feature.

[Daniel Borhanian]

I can't upvote this enough.  Yes, please introduce this feature.  I'm sure many, many people would use it.

[Joe Medley]

On Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 3:11:02 AM UTC-7, megamike wrote:

Another argument people have is that it clutters the browser view.

This would not hold water for me. A product shouldn't clutter its own interface. But this would be my clutter, and it would make sense to me. 

[Bernard :]

I've been looking for this feature for a long time now. How come this is not made available yet? Beauty, respectively clutter, is in the eye of the beholder. Let us have it if we deem it useful..

[Mihai Morcov]

They are probably waiting for other browser to include it first, so they can copy it. Typical... same as the tab mute button or many others...

[Jack Strood]

Agree with this. Multiple folders are great in conjunction with multiple rows.

Would like the ability to one-click to the link, to be able to see the name and to have quick access to all links and folders.

(Similar to how My Computer > My Documents has it. Folders and/or files).

Thanks. Additionally, I'm just here for the comments.

[Darius Fontaine]

• This has blown me away.

Still NOTHING?  Please tell me over the course of FOUR YEARS, nothing has been done to correct this?

Don't make switch back to FireFox.  It lags on my 8 core, so its obviously their software.   Chrome is fine, but get MORE ROOM FOR BOOKMARKS!!! 

[Shaun Davis]

Just adding my voice to the chorus here.  I've long been frustrated with the inability to resize the bar vertically to add another row.  Some of us REALLY utilize the bookmarks bar to help us more quickly navigate the web and the many sites we visit, and thus to increase our productivity.  The ability to add another row seems like such an easy and obvious fix.  Please Google, make this happen!

[Dainius Grincevicius]

Really? 4 years, over 25K views, still nothing, department that looks into this, should be kicked out.

I was looking for this option for years now!

what a shame google...

[T.K. Backman]

The do have better things to do... like trying to make money and selling advertisement placements -- the only thing keeping that place open. :P

[Martyn]

I'm switching to Mozilla Firefox as my primary web browser.

[Peter Quigley]

Thanks for posting this.

Reading this e-mail chain, I am pleased to see that I am not the only one who really wants this functionality. 

I would probably just go back to my Sea-Monkey browser - which I really like and which permits a multi-row bookmark toolbar - but Gmelius - which I also really like - wont work with Sea-Monkey! 

[Robin Whitmore]

I did come up with "somewhat" of a solution.  I went into Bookmark Manager and used "edit" to delete all the "text" next to icons that I'm familiar with (e.g. Facebook, Google, etc.).  This allowed all my bookmarks to fit on one row.

[Bernhard Sommer]

found an addon with this feature

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/roomy-bookmarks-toolbar/kmfbpoigddhdibjcilijiejaidggonfc

[Elvis De Leon]

This just goes to show how arrogant companies can be. Sometimes they choose to ignore even the most standard and plausible requests.... for years and years on end.

Google does a lot of things right, but they have a real hard time listening to feedback.

What's so hard about letting users *optionally* expand the damn bar? Any half-assed developer could have done this years ago.

Google can be such a mixed bag.

On Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 6:11:02 AM UTC-4, megamike wrote:

[Arvid Ehrenmüller]

I want a second row aswell. GIVE IT TO ME PLZ!!!!!!!!!!!

Am Sonntag, 10. Juni 2012 12:11:02 UTC+2 schrieb megamike:

[Sean Briggs]

YEAH GOOGLE.... GET ON THIS!

At least give us the option in "Customize and Control Google Chrome" to ADD or Leave at One "Shortcut Bar"

This is kind of maddening for those of us with "Hyper-Organizational Skills". I End up having Multiple folders with folders within them, and about a dozen or so "One Letter Icons" IE: [(Face-Book Icon) F], [(YouTube Icon)Y], and so forth.....

Another Idea is to maybe create a "Micro Ribbon" along the side or positional by the user (Top, Bottom, Side left or right). This ribbon should include (ICONS ONLY) as the younger generations and most of us skilled users Know what the Face-Book, YouTube, Etc.... Icons look like..... Having this ribbon will get rid of the need for space typically used up on the "Shortcut Bar", and now the shortcut bar can live as a Hyper-Organized quick Folder bar.....

Just saying, this needs to happen. If this is already possible, which it just may be, please point me in the right direction. Thank You.

Sincerely, Sean Briggs

[megamike]

In recent years Chrome browser has enabled folders in the bookmarks bar that allow the creation of many custom menus of bookmarks. Thats what I use at the moment.

It would still be handy to resize various aspects of the Chrome browser like how many rows for bookmark bar. It would be handy to be able to rearrange the buttons, address bar and other aspects.

Google is not Apple. Idea behind their products is to cater for all sorts of people rather than cater for Apple users only.

[กรรณชด]

Try UC Browser for PC

[Jon Perryman]

At the right of the bookmarks is >>. When you click on it, it expands the list of bookmarks. This is a good compromise because it saves screen space giving you a larger view area but still gives you direct access to an expanded bookmark bar.

Jon..

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[Andrew Gardiner]

"This is a good compromise because it saves screen space giving you a larger view area but still gives you direct access to an expanded bookmark bar.

Jon.."

Dear Jon:

Having a vertical column is far different than having additional horizontal bars that are always visible and can be chosen from at will. The vertical column is not always visible and must be scrolled through to find what is sought. 

My opinion is that the additional horizontal favorites bars feature SHOULD BE an available OPTION  for those that want it. 

TO NOT have it as an available option TO THOSE THAT WANT IT  ignores basic market theory.

Where there is a need or a void, THE MARKET WILL FILL IT!

Let me decide for myself if it "crowds the screen".


ANDY G.

On Sunday, June 10, 2012 at 3:11:02 AM UTC-7, megamike wrote:

[Andrew Gardiner]

I just discovered a Chrome extension called Roomy Bookmarks that does the trick.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/roomy-bookmarks-toolbar/kmfbpoigddhdibjcilijiejaidggonfc

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[Walt Thiessen]

I'm afraid that Roomy Bookmarks needs some work and doesn't really do the job that the O.P. targeted.

It does load in a second version of the bookmark toolbar, but all the names have been stripped away. The only way to view them is to hover over each one ... not practical for many people.

It does have some options, but they appear to be buggy. For instance, there is an option that says, "Display the name of the bookmark ever" which I assume means that checking it should show the name next to the icon for each bookmark, but when I check it, the toolbar disappears altogether, and I am unable to restore it without uninstalling and reinstalling.

Good idea ... but it still needs work.

[Man Bard]

I want this extension so much ... i am using 37 extensions and it would be nice if i could have 3 toolbars

1 for the url ... for example ... www.google.com

1 for my extensions exactly under it 

and one for my bookmarks .... is it  so hard to be done ?

i mean firefox has this feature enabled from 2007 if i am recall.... if it is quite difficult for a normal user to be created but is not difficult for an advanced user to be done I don't think that the gurus behind chrome can't make it happen. it's just that nobody cares to make-fix some things. chrome is the same the last 2 years with no major updates ( i mean for the user) not the security settings and other stuff that most people don't realize that have occured.

[Geo Anomaleye]

To be completely honest, multiple row tabs and bookmarks would be the biggest game changer.

theres some properties/dialogue boxes in windows 95 that had multi row tabs of options, get with it, team chrome!!

[Vito]

I completely agree, really how hard could this possibly be to get done ? I keep checking and checking every few weeks and I'm talking about starting back when I got rid of Firefox (08-ish I think?) It is the only damn feature that makes me actually miss using it sometimes.

I'm actually using Roomy & "Extra bookmarks bar" but they both need more work put into them. I'm not even quite sure "EBB" was even worth installing but maybe if Roomy had more customizability (wondering if thats even a word now since the auto spell check doesn't think it is) for settings/tweaks it could be a lot more usable IMO.

SOMEONE HELP US OUT !!!!!   or even teach us a crash course on where to start and how to get it done !!!

[Ken Zwiebel]

Completely, 100% agree that there should be a FEATURE in Chrome that allows for either multiple bookmark bars or to customize the experience (two rows, etc.).  Seems like a pretty easy feature to add in, no?  A nice, internship project for a new Googler...