Default action upon url bar selection

I only use my desktop bookmarks both on my desktop and my mobile. Yet everytime I want to access my desktop bookmarks toolbar from my mobile, I have to click the URL field and then 3 more press until I reach what I want. couldn't you give a option for default view when pressing the URL bar on mobile. therefore I could choose to reach by default my desktop bookmarks toolbar. it would be a huge gain of time. thanks

Hi,
Thanks for using the Firefox beta and for this suggestion, I will pass it on to the devs. What I do, is I Quit Firefox when I'm done, so that I get the about:home screen when I start, which includes a list of my sync'd tabs right there at the bottom of the first screen I see. (Just scroll down to see the short list or tap Show all tabs to see the full list. Not sure if that will help you, thanks again for this feedback.
Regards,
Michelle

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