Nested folders problem in Bookmarks Bar

When I want to save a web page to my bookmark bar, I hit "command-D" and then choose the folder I want the page to reside in. No problems there.
However, I have about 100 folders in my Bookmarks Bar, many of them with nested folders inside, and some of those with nested folders in them as well. Hitting "command-D" shows me all of the folders, *but all open*, ie showing all of the nested folders as well, thus making it a very time consuming process to find the folder I want.
I seem to remember in an earlier (much earlier?) version of Safari, it would just show me the main folders, with a "►" next to them, thus making it very easy to scan the main folders before delving into the nested folders. Many other programs (Default Folder X) manage this without any problem at all, making it very easy to scroll down, then across etc until you find the place you want.
Is there any way to make Safari "close" the main folders, and make my life much easier?
I hope my description is clear!
Thank you.

KS, there is no triangle to click. That's the problem.
Anyhow, I just tried this on an old Powerbook running Mac OS 10.4 Tiger and Safari 4.1. It does not have disclosure triangles in this menu either. So, this is definitely nothing new. Although I haven't thought this through completely, I believe this is the only way that a menu can behave, behave when you click a menu item, its action is executed. There can be only one action, which in this case is to place the bookmark. If there were a disclosure triangle, expanding or collapsing the folder would be a different action.
This behavior is built into Safari. It could possibly be modified by a extension, or more likely, a hack. I'd need to do a little research. But the behavior you see is definitely as Apple designed it. (Terminology: An "extension" is a "legal" hack which uses API provided by Apple. A "hack" uses reverse-engineered, private API and is not sanctioned by Apple.)
Disclosure triangles, the things you can click to expand or collapse a folder, or more generally, a "container item", are available in outline views, such as in Safari's Show All Bookmarks window. I don't recall ever seeing one in a menu. If Default Folder does it, I'd like to see a screenshot.
Jerry Krinock
http://sheepsystems.com - Bookmarks Management
San José, CA USA

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