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Questions tagged [bookmarks]

Bookmarks are a browser storage facility for URLs. Use this tag only for programming-related questions about bookmarks. Questions about using a browser are off-topic on Stack Overflow.

Bookmarks can be used to store URLs to all browser supported URI schemes. Here are the most common:

  • http:
  • https:
  • file:
  • ftp:
  • javascript: (bookmarklets)
  • about:

Here are some browser specific URI schemes:

  • chrome: (Google Chrome)
  • resource: (Mozilla Firefox)
  • jar: (Mozilla Firefox)
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How do I set marks in Emacs à la Vim?

I'd like to be able to set multiple marks in Emacs like Vim does. In Vim you might press m b and that would set a mark at that line in the file. Later pressing ' b will move your cursor back to that line. You can make multiple marks with m{a-zA-Z}.…
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Add to browser favorites/bookmarks from JavaScript but for all browsers (mine doesn't work in Chrome)?

Can anyone help, I am using the following for adding a bookmark to IE and Firefox but its not working in Chrome and I don't get my error msg saying "not supported" either.. Anybody know of a good script to support ALL browsers or at least to come…
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How to delete bookmarks in NERDTree (Vim)?

I checked the documentation but couldn't find it. Does anybody knows?
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Adding bookmarks in Sublime Text 2

In Sublime Text 2, I'd like to be able to bookmark a line, so I can have easy access to it. I'm working on a 2011 iMac, and various sources tell me that the shortcut is supposed to be cmd + f2. However, when I press that, absolutely nothing happens.…
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Android Browsing history leaving out some sites only

Using the function below I am trying to get the LAST url that the user visited from Chrome Browser on their Android Phone. This function works very well for most sites, but does not work for "www.reddit.com". The url variable below updates if I go…
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Manipulating Google Chrome bookmarks from external program (and make Chrome aware)?

Is there any documented way for an external program to manipulate the Google Chrome bookmarks? The bookmarks are stored in a "Bookmarks" file in the user data\default directory, looks like JSon or something to me (that's not important right…
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How to access Chrome's online bookmarks?

Google Chrome allows you to sign in with your Google account to sync bookmarks and settings. Those bookmarks are then stored along with my account on their servers. I want to create another client for the bookmarks. Please note that I am not…
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Is there an API to access Chrome Sync data?

If I wanted to make an application (not a Chrome extension) that accesses, let's say, your Chrome-synced bookmarks, would I have to reverse-engineer the interface that Chrome/Chromium uses? Or is there a published API for that?
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How to add android bookmark on homescreen from web page?

I'm new to web applications for Android.. How can you add a bookmark on the home screen from a web page using Javascript from the click of a button? If we make an easy way for users to bookmark pages, they will show some interest in bookmarking…
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Is there any Chrome bookmarks API?

I'd like to create a mobile app to work with Chrome bookmarks. But I couldn't find any information on how to work with Chrome bookmarks (not Google Bookmarks!!). So is there any public or hidden API for that?
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Firefox Bookmarks SQLite structure

I am trying to write a Firefox 3 add-on which will enable me to easily re-tag bookmarks. For example I have some bookmarks tagged "development" and some tagged "Development" and I would like a way to easily update all the "delelopment" tags to…
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Google Bookmark Export date format?

I been working on parsing out bookmarks from an export file generated by google bookmarks. This file contains the following date attributes: ADD_DATE="1231721701079000" ADD_DATE="1227217588219000" These are not standard unix style timestamps. Can…
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Javascript bookmark stopped working in Firefox 13

In Firefox version 13, bookmarklets (bookmarks with a javascript: URL, e.g. javascript: alert("it works") stopped working. Is there any solution to use javascript: bookmarks in Firefox 13?
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How to read PDF bookmarks programmatically

I'm using a PDF converter to access the graphical data within a PDF. Everything works fine, except that I don't get a list of the bookmarks. Is there a command-line app or a C# component that can read a PDF's bookmarks? I found the iText and…
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Disable ctrl-b keyboard shortcut in Firefox?

As a tmux user, there is a lot of Ctrl+b going on. Also a lot of Firefox. It's safe to say I never, ever want to see the book mark vertical bar. No interest. Never had any in 20 years of computer use. Is there any way to disable Ctrl+b in Firefox…
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