April 30, 2020

Chrome add bookmarks bar

Missing a hyperlink symbol in Chrome's Bookmarks club (which, the bare folder appearance) or annoyed by its look, listed here is a fast and simple fix (well, more a mini-hack).

Discover a site with a favicon you want, state, AT&T's globe.
Open and drag the link from Link Bar towards the Bookmarks club, in which it now seems since:

Edit this bookmark by right-clicking and >Edit...
After that, change the Name to, say, Trick, and the link to the site needing a symbol or changing a native favicon:
Simply Click Protect:
The Bookmarks club today reveals that symbol using desired name and link. Uncertain if which means the originating web site gets favicon hits, but that will not matter for a public website. Remember that dragging the hyperlink to the Other Bookmarks loss maintains the favicon, although the old or no symbol appears in the Link Bar.

Voila, a straightforward tweak that improves the web browser appearance with a functionality which amazingly lacking from Bookmarks management.