Saving a Favorite And Leaving the "Name" Blank


  1. Posts : 86
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
       #1

    Saving a Favorite And Leaving the "Name" Blank


    Hello,
    I just recently imported Bookmarks (Favorites) from Chrome, and I was wondering how to remove the names of my bookmarks to have only the icons showing? That's the way I have them in Chrome, and it is great because it saves tremendous space on the Favorite Bar.
    I don't want to change with "Customize Title Width" to show only the Icons because I have some named folders as well, and when the text is removed it's impossible to know their contents.
    I know it's possible to have icons only show, even with the setting "Long Titles" selected, because YouTube, one of my imports, did indeed save without a name/title.
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  2. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #2

    I'm going to guess that you are talking about using Internet Explorer (hence the term Favorites Bar). These shortcuts are text files. As far as I know, the same Windows Operating System file naming conventions apply.

    You can...
    ...right-click on a favorite (shortcut)
    ...select Properties from the context menu
    ...go to the tab named General
    ...change the name
    Perhaps - name it with just a single character.

    I'm not sure how you managed to get a Favorite with no text. Perhaps a special character was used.
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  3. Posts : 707
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #3

    YouTube must have been a bug, best you can do is rename them with a single character each bookmark has to have a unique name & a blank or using the space character is not allowed.
    edit no need to open properties from the options menu select rename.
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  4. Posts : 86
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    stve said:
    YouTube must have been a bug, best you can do is rename them with a single character each bookmark has to have a unique name & a blank or using the space character is not allowed.
    edit no need to open properties from the options menu select rename.
    I know. It's really strange... but perhaps not a bug. I imported my bookmarks from Chrome and that's what happened. In Chrome and in Firefox, I have the bookmarks bar bookmarks saved without names, to save space. I was hoping to do the same in Internet Explorer 11, but only YouTube is working, and that's because it's a glitch leftover from the import.
    Now, how do I recreate that glitch, to use it in my favour...
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  5. Posts : 86
    Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    I switched back to Firefox. Issue fixed.
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