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BookmarksDropDown Firefox Extension Version 3.2.4

• Middle-Click or Ctrl-Click on a Bookmark opens it in a new tab and keeps the Bookmarks menu showing.*U3
• Middle-Click or Ctrl-Click on a Folder ( ) loads all the folder's bookmarks, each in a new tab.*U3
  Duplicate tabs will not be created.

• You must set the Bookmarks Toolbar to "Never Show"
  In the Menubar, click "View", hover "Bookmarks Toolbar", check "Never Show".
• You must turn on the Navigation Bar (if available) in early Firefox versions.
• Web Extension Addons do not work in certain pages (newtab, about:, *mozilla*, for example).
  

Options

• How wide each Bookmark Item is (Bookmark Width).
• Whether a Bookmark Item that is too wide for the current BookmarkWidth is simply cut off (clipped), or an elipsis is shown.

• The Folder Load Count option causes loading the website content for the first specified number of bookmarks into new tabs, while only creating tabs for each of the remaining bookmarks (without loading their content).
• The Folder Open First option specifies loading and opening (switching to) the first bookmark in the Folder.
• The Folder Sort Bookmarks option specifies that when clicked, each Folder's Bookmarks will be displayed in alphabetic sort-order  (the Bookmarks Toolbar root menu is never sorted).
  If not sorted, bookmarks in a folder are presented in the order they appear in the "Manage Bookmarks" (Ctrl+Shift+O) display of the "Bookmarks Toolbar".
  This allows drag/drop arranging for any desired order.
• The Menu Hide Delay option specifies the amount of time (initially 500 milliseconds), that the mouse pointer can stray outside of the Bookmarks menu before it closes.
  This is primarily for "skinny" Vertical menus, and prevents the menu from unintentionally closing during any "shaky" navigation.

Upgrades

• Beginning with Version 3.1.1, the default menu style is a Vertical Drop-Down selected by the same-named option. Each Bookmark is shown on a separate line.
  This differs from the original BookmarksDropDown style, which filled horizontal lines continuously, within the entire viewport width.
• Beginning with Version 3.2.2   (superceded)
• Beginning with Version 3.2.4, support for multiple Firefox windows has been modified.
  The following is now in effect:
  
  Option Menu Time-To-Live
  This timer specifies the amount of time (in milliseconds) that the Bookmarks Menu will remain visible after creation.
  It is cancelled when the mouse pointer actually enters the Menu, and started again if the mouse pointer leaves the viewport.
  
  It was implemented to assist navigation of multiple vertically-stacked Firefox windows, as follows:
  Because movement of the mouse pointer above the viewport signals the creation of a Bookmarks Menu, moving the mouse pointer from one window to another window directly above the first window would "orphan" the first-window Menu, which would remain visible forever.
  By setting this timer, the first Menu will disappear, as desired.
  
  Initially, this timer is set to "0" (zero milliseconds), and is inactive.
  Any non-zero value will activate it.
  
  The recommended value to begin customizing is "2000" (2 seconds).
  
  Reminder:
  When moving the mouse pointer from one FireFox window to another, the mouse pointer must enter a page's viewport before moving above it to activate that page's Menu.

Install

• Start Firefox and browse back to this page.
• Click the following link: BookmarksDropDown
• Click the "Add to Firefox" button.
• Click any security queries to allow installation.