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title: Bookmarks
description: Managing bookmarks in Zen
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import { Tab, Tabs } from 'fumadocs-ui/components/tabs';

Zen, as a fork of Firefox, inherits its webpage bookmarking system primarily from Firefox itself, with some additional Zen enhancements. Zen offers two vertical tab layouts: **Single toolbar layout**, which integrates a compact address bar into the vertical tabs toolbar, and **Multiple toolbars layout**, featuring a traditional, full-size address bar in a separate horizontal toolbar. This guide covers the basics of creating and managing bookmarks, tailored to your chosen Zen layout.

## How Do I Bookmark a Page

To bookmark a page, find and click on the bookmark icon in the address bar. A pop up dialog will allow you to name and move your bookmark.


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    Did you know Zen offers Workspaces specific bookmarks?
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<Tabs groupId="toolbar" items={['Single Toolbar', 'Multiple Toolbars']} persist>
  <Tab value="Single Toolbar">
    In **Single toolbar layout**, you must first expand your compact address bar by clicking on it then find the icon there.
    ![Bookmark Popup](/assets/user-manual/bookmarks/bookmark-popup-single-toolbar.png)
  </Tab>
  <Tab value="Multiple Toolbars">
    In **Multiple toolbars layout**, you will find the bookmark icon exposed on the right of your address bar.
    ![Bookmark Popup](/assets/user-manual/bookmarks/bookmark-popup-multiple-toolbars.png)
  </Tab>
</Tabs>


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    While you could use your mouse to click the bookmark icon, we recommend using the keyboard shortcut `Ctrl/Cmd + D` for bookmarking, especially in **Single toolbar layout**.
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Alternatively, you can bookmark a single tab by right-clicking it and selecting `"Bookmark Tab..."` from the context menu, which opens a detailed bookmarking dialog with options for *tagging* and *keywords*. 

To bookmark multiple or all open tabs, select them in the vertical tabs toolbar, right-click, and choose `"Bookmark Tabs..."` from the context menu. This will bookmark the selected tabs into a new bookmark folder.

## How Do I Find and Manage My Bookmarks

You can access, edit, organize and delete your bookmarks in a variety of ways in Zen.

### Recent Bookmarks

You can find your recently added bookmarks through Zen's application menu. Click the `...` icon located in Zen's toolbar to open the application menu. In the expanded menu, locate and select the `"Bookmarks >"` option to view a list of your recently added bookmarks, making it easy to find any you may have lost track of.

### Bookmarks Toolbar and Bookmarks Menu

Taken from the default behavior of Gecko, Zen offers 3 locations (or, groups) for bookmarks:
- **Bookmarks Toolbar**: This can be considered a public location for bookmarks, displayed in the browser's [chrome](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Chrome). You typically find it beneath the main browser toolbar, which is featured in **Multiple toolbars layout** in Zen, while in **Single toolbar layout**, hovering your cursor to the top edge will display the hidden Bookmarks Toolbar, next to your window controls. To toggle the visibility of your Bookmarks Toolbar, use the shortcut `Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + B`

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![Bookmarks Toolbar](/assets/user-manual/bookmarks/bookmarks-toolbar.png)

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    If you want to fully hide the Bookmarks Toolbar, you can change these settings in `about:config`
    - `browser.toolbars.bookmarks.visibility = 'never'`: Never show your Bookmarks, revert by changing value to `'always'`.
    - `zen.view.experimental-no-window-controls = 'true'`: disable hovering window controls in **Single toolbar layout**,  effectively remove access to the Bookmarks Toolbar.
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- **Bookmarks Menu**: This can be considered a private location for bookmarks, only accessible via opening the Bookmarks Sidebar or the Bookmarks Library.

- **Other Bookmarks**: Location for your miscellaneous unorganized bookmarks. Other Bookmarks will show up at the end of the Bookmarks Toolbar but you can choose to hide it by right clicking and disable `"Show Other Bookmarks"`.

### Bookmarks Sidebar

Your bookmarks are also avaialbe via what is known as the [Firefox Sidebar](https://support.mozilla.org/kb/use-firefox-sidebar-access-bookmarks-history-synced). The Sidebar can be opened by adding a Sidebar button to your controls, or preferably by using the shortcut `Ctr/Cmd + B` to open the Bookmarks Sidebar. You can find all of your bookmarks here including entries from both Bookmarks Toolbar and Bookmarks Menu, in the form of a tree structure explorer with access to a searching function at the top.

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![Bookmarks Sidebar](/assets/user-manual/bookmarks/bookmarks-sidebar.png)

### Bookmarks Library

The Firefox Library is a unified manager for Bookmarks, History, and Downloads. You can access the Library by the shortcut `Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + O` or from the application menu `"Bookmarks"`>`"Manage bookmarks"`. While most of its functions here have already been offered via the Bookmarks Sidebar, the Library is important for your purpose of Importing and Backing up Zen's bookmarks.

![Bookmarks Library](/assets/user-manual/bookmarks/bookmarks-library.png)

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_All shortcuts can be modified via `Settings > Keyboard Shortcuts`._
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Learn more about Bookmarks in Mozilla Support: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/bookmarks-firefox
