Bookmarks Bar Switcher lets you easily and quickly switch between multiple bookmarks bars.
How to use:
To start, name your current book bar.
To create a bookmarks bar that you can switch to, create a folder within Other Bookmarks.
How it works:
When switching, your current bookmarks bar will be backed up to a folder within Other Bookmarks with the name you initially specified.
And the folder you selected will become the new bookmarks bar.
So any changes you made on your bookmarks bar will stay when you switch back.
Known issues:
It doesn’t work well across multiple devices.
Reports of bookmarks mixed up have been received.
It’s probably something to do with the chrome bookmark sync functionality.
It’s very likely to happen when you switch the bookmarks bar while chrome is syncing the bookmarks.
At the moment, there isn’t a good way to fix the issue. Because chrome doesn’t provide APIs to tell when the sync starts or ends.
But one way to potentially avoid the problem is when you switch device, don’t immediately switch the bookmarks bar. Give it sometime (2-3 mins) to finish the sync and then switch.
Awesome extension, thanks! It would be nice to have a set of “pinned” bookmarks which stay intact no matter which bar is selected
Hey I like this extension but one key feature I need: Is there any way to assign a hotkey to switch the bookmark bars for those of us that need to switch them fast and frequently???
It works when i first install it then it doesnt come back when i restart chrome?
It’s do what it says
WORST extension I’ve seen. My computer seemed hacked.
Ne fonctionne tout simplement pas
Works really well, and finally gives me an incentive to organise my bookmarks.
I really liked it, would have given it a 4 or 5 star, but two things have happened that basically destroyed all the settings and bookmarks. First, using letters to explain easier, I had a bookmark bar named “X” and another one “Y”. The “X” bookmark bar name changed to “Y”. So then I had 2 “Y”.I could not change the name. But at least I knew one of them had my “X” bookmarks and the other one had my “Y” bookmarks. Then the worse happened. The two “Y” bookmark bars merged!! Now its really difficult to find bookmars because there is way more than what I can see in the bookmark dropdown without having to scroll down. Can someone help me fix this problem? Is there a place where I can drag and drop the bookmarks where they go and rename the bookmark bars? Please HELP
The extention is great, but the directions are confusing, so I’ll try to explain them more in-depth. After you name your current bookmark bar, you need to hit the three vertical … next to your account photo, go to bookmarks, and go to bookmarks manager. From there you have to either create a folder in your normal bookmarks and drag it into ‘Other Bookmarks’ (On the left of your screen), or just create a folder within other bookmarks. From there, you can go to any website pge, click on the extention icon, and switch between your current bookmark bar and the bookmark bar folders in your ‘other bookmarks’ tag.
In order to fill these new bookmark bars with bookmarks, you can either bookmark pages normally while the bar you want them on is in use, or you can take current bookmarks on your current bar, drag them over ‘other bookmarks’ and drag them into the folders.
I only have 3 small issues with this extention, #1 being that you cant rename your very first bookmark bar without reinstalling the extention, #2 being that the ‘Other Bookmarks’ Tab will always be visible on each of your bookmark bars, and It’ll take up a bit of room, since you can’t rename it. #3 simply being that the directs are a bit hard to understand.
Overall, a great extention.
Works great and does exactly what I want… switch between work and personal bookmarks.
HI, i just started using Switcher, how i can make the main bar always show as first in the drop down list when i wanna swich back to main from other bar?….it always goes to the end of list and need to roll down. if there were a way to pin some always be at top of the list that would be great.
Ca fait le boulot qu’on lui demande. Un peu déroutant à l’installation mais une fois que c’est compris c’est bon. Pas besoin d’être Bill Gates mais ça demande un poil de confort avec les outils informatiques 🙂
Didn’t work at all for me… Doesn’t allow me to create new bars, how to use it is very unclear.
Once I understood that “Other bookmarks” is a specific thing, not just a vague reference, this became an excellent tool.
Sometimes a bar is renamed with another bar’s name thus duplicated. Renaming by hand → correction
I really like it. It is very helpful for me. The only “issue” for me is that “Other bookmarks” folder is always visible in bookmarks bar but this is Chrome’s fault.
I cannot get it to work on my macbook. I can define a name and that is that 🙁 I would love this extension if it could work
This works really well, except sometimes the names of the bookmark categories I use get switched (I use two categories right now).
Ne perdez pas votre temps, ça ne fonctionne pas
I was looking to add a toolbar and found this. It is better. I have different work environments requiring different resources. This allows me to work with Profiles. 🙂 Awesome!!!
Can you make a dark mode please?
Is there a similar extension for open tabs?
I would love to switch between open tabs on my private PC and work PC.
My university just closed down my Google account and I was able to bring all my bookmarks over into my personal account but keep them nicely separated from my regular toolbar. This is a simple but brilliant productivity tool that changes the ‘feel’ of your browser to fit the work context you want to engage. Thanks Jiajia Wang!!!
Great extension for productivity.
creates a duplicate bar that cannot be deleted. makes more trouble than its worth, not recommended.