In Edit this Bookmark box there is no drop-down menu and there used to be!

Question

When we ask to "bookmark this page" we are presented with the appropriate box but there is no drop-down menu on demand just three options from the past followed by an empty box. We used to be presented with all our bookmark categories and then we did something which stopped this (cannot remember what) and we cannot recover the original presentation. Hope this is clear? Please forgive incorrect terms!

Answer 1

Not really clear, but I will try to clear up some of what you see, and tell you that you can fix most of the problems by installing the "'''Add Bookmark to Here2'''" extension, which can help clear up some of the ambiguities, but not all of them, so read the explanation below.
The main problems are:
# You can't really do much unless/until you expand the dialog that is the first drop-down button that appears by itself at the far right as [V] or as [^]. With the extension you can make the expansion automatic for each time you open the bookmark dialog.
# The drop-down to the left shows the most recently bookmarked to folders, but once you click on it you will be at the selected folder and can scroll through all of your bookmarks, expanding where necessary to see subfolders but not bookmarks.
# Below that is a drop-down for tags, this is the most confusing thing every added to a dialog because it gets close to and confused with other drop-downs. My suggestion is if you don't use tags, eliminate the tag display entirely with the extension.
Additional advantages of installing the extension.
# Adds back the keyword field, which is essentially a single alias for a bookmark and will allow you to invoke a commonly used bookmark without the foolish additional searching and clicking to lookup or use a bookmark, and it allows you to include substitution values associated with a shortcut. (see [http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/kws.htm keyword shortcuts] for examples and how to make your own).
#Allows you to make use of the Description field, you can modify it to suit yourself, but correctly made web pages have a description, and you can include that or modify how it reads for your bookmark. The description is not searchable when you try to search your bookmarks.
#Like its name implies you select right-click a bookmark folder and use the "Add Bookmark Here" to bookmark into the folder. Feature further enhanced if you install the "Multiple Tab Handler" extension.
#The text areas within the dialog are expandable by moving the bottom border of the areas, see the third picture shown on the add-ons page.
References:
* '''[https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/add-bookmark-here-2/ Add Bookmark Here ²]''' extension
* -- my notes -- http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/firefox.htm#addbookmarkhere2
* -- more notes -- http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/addbookmarkhere2.txt
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/multiple-tab-handler/ Multiple Tab Handler] extension
* -- my notes - -http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/multiple_tab_handler.txt
Additional references:
* [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/836619 How do I save a page to my imported favorites? Double clicking the star does not allow me to scroll all of my folders to choose and neither does clicking on "bookmarks"? | Firefox Support Forum | Firefox Help]
* [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http%3A%2F%2Fkb.mozillazine.org%2FBookmark_dialog Bookmark dialog - MozillaZine Knowledge Base] (cached copy) -- real link is [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmark_dialog here].
* [https://support.mozilla.com/questions/872310 Can one add an item to the bookmarks toolbar bookmarks menu? | Firefox Support Forum | Firefox Help]
Additional disambiguation may be needed:
:"bookmark categories" -- suggested last used bookmark folders, or bookmark folders, or tags -- I think I covered those above if not, indicate what you meant.