Is there a way of searching Firefox bookmarks by multiple tags without going into the bookmarks menu?

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For bookmarks I know we have two options:

  • Option 1: Bookmarks Menu → drop-down bookmarks menu listing
  • Option 2: Bookmarks Toolbar → one click access to bookmarks

Is there some add-on/extension for Firefox which lets you search your bookmarks by multiple tags from Firefox without going to the bookmarks menu?

I want to be able to type:

Tags: work,book

into something like the Google search bar in the top right hand corner. Kind of like how you can use searches in Evernote and Gmail.

yoshiserry

Posted 2014-06-20T04:07:33.807

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Answers

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This feature is built into the address bar.

All you need to do is type a +, a Space, and then each tag, separated by a Space. So, if you wanted to search for all items tagged with both "comedy" and "video", you would type + comedy video directly into the address bar.

Source: Awesome Bar - Find your bookmarks, history and tabs when you type in the address bar

trlkly

Posted 2014-06-20T04:07:33.807

Reputation: 1 236

Unfortunately there isn't a way to select them all.(Personal quest.) I wrote an add-on for the original question, but with Webextensions it will be impossible to continue.https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bookmarks-x-tags/

– e-motiv – 2017-09-04T12:36:04.633

1It only shows first 10 items. What do I do if I want the 11th one? – ctrl-alt-delor – 2017-09-22T14:06:52.890

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@ctrl-alt-delor there is a way to increase the number of items shown in the address bar by making some changes in the about:config. Type about:config into the address bar,find browser.urlbar.maxRichResults then right click > Modify, and enter a higher number. You might need to restart Firefox to apply the change. Source: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1205508

– Ghos3t – 2019-04-04T21:41:34.650

Outdated for later Firefox ("Quantum"): see my answer on that. – cipricus – 2019-11-06T00:18:22.867

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