Bookmarks Commander chrome extension

What is Bookmarks Commander?

Bookmarks Commander is a tab manager extension for chrome. also, it is bookmarks extension. it's a free extension , it has 4,000+ active users since released its first version, it earns an average rating of 4.49 from 43 rated user, last update is 891 days ago.

What’s new in version 0.4.8?

                This is a two-panel bookmarks manager for your browser. It works similar to the famous Total Commander. You can move items between the panels or view two different directories simultaneously.

Instruction:
Click on the toolbar button once to open the commander in a new browser tab. By default the left panel has focus. Use arrow up and arrow down keys to navigate. Use Enter to move to a directory. To move the other panel simply press The left or right arrow key.

Shortcuts:
[open links]: Press Enter key to open on the same tab. Press Ctrl + Enter or Command + Enter to open in a background tab or use double-click to open on the same tab. Press Ctrl/Command while double-clicking to open in a background tab.
[select multiple bookmarks]: Ctrl/Command with left-click to select more items.
[copy links to the clipboard]: Ctrl + C or Command + C to copy selected links to the clipboard.
[copy titles to the clipboard]: Ctrl + X or Command + X to copy selected titles to the clipboard.
[directly navigate to a bookmark]: Press the first character of the title multiple times to navigate between items starting with this particular character
[move one step up]: Use backspace to navigate to the parent directory
[move between left and right panels]: use Tab key to toggle between panels. Use Ctrl + 1 or Command + 1 to move to the left tab. Use Ctrl + 2 or Command + 2 to move to the right tab. You can alternatively use arrow-left and right to move between panels.
[move selected bookmarks and folders to the other panel]: Use Ctrl/Command + right arrow key to move selected items to the right panel when the left panel is focused. Use Ctrl/Command + left arrow key to move selected items to the left panel when the right panel is focused.
[sort items]: Ctrl/Command + J for A-Z and Ctrl/Command + Shift + J for Z-A
[find duplicated bookmarks]: Ctrl/Command + Shift + F; use the "duplicates" keyword on the search bar to find all duplicated bookmarks in the current directory and subdirectories.
[move bookmarks between different browsers]: Ctrl/Command + Y to export selected bookmarks to the clipboard, then use Ctrl/Command + P to import them to the new machine. This way you can transfer bookmarks between two browsers.
[configurations]: Use Ctrl/Command + S to access configuration panel. You can change the font size and font family of the interface or change the color scheme (theme) of the interface (dark, light, or based on your OS color scheme) or toolbar icon's color. It is also possible to use the new "VIM" mode to support VIM-compatible navigation (still in progress).

Notes:
1. When an operation is not allowed, the button is disabled.
2. You can see all the shortcuts by placing your mouse over the buttons.
3. You can drag and drop bookmarks between panes
4. You can use right-click context menu to open links in new windows            

How to install Bookmarks Commander?

You could download the latest version crx file or older version files and install it.

Preview of Bookmarks Commander

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Reviews of bookmarks commander:

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lowpoly brain November 28th, 2022

Well, it is one of a kind, I guess. But the UI is horrible - no F-keys hotkeys, and with dragndrop there's no way to drag a bookmark INTO a folderl... But what is unforgivable is that it opens its website every time it's installed/updated.

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Mahesh Molz September 1st, 2022

I use Chrome and keep a lot of bookmarks. The native Chrome bookmark manager has significant limitations to me, in comparison with Firefox’s native, with which I was overall happy. (Compared with Firefox’s manager, Chrome’s seems to be better in just only one aspect, to me: when searching for a bookmark, you can find where it is.) So I was looking for an alternative to use with Chrome. I looked up many candidates, tried some, and finally found this one. Because I basically liked it, but missed important features in it, and since it still seems to be under development (last version released 3 months ago), I take the time to write my opinion about it. Note: My references for comparison are Chrome v95 and Firefox v62 (pretty old versions, I guess). Bookmarks Commander (BC) has the basic structure I was looking for: two panels, allowing for organization of loose bookmarks into a folder structure. The crucial feature I miss is: 1. An option to have folders in one of the panels shown as a pure folder structure (without any bookmarks). When BC will have this, I will move to it. Otherwise, navigation is too difficult and I will rather stick to the Chrome manager. But I would like to point out that BC is superior to Chrome’s in that it allows you to create a folder (“directory”) any place you want, by using a keyboard shortcut, without messing with the view in panels. (In Chrome’s, there is no shortcut I know of, the folder is created at the bottom of items inside the folder where you created it, and then you have to go back to the folder whose bookmarks you are moving/organizing. If you are creating lots of folders to organize your new bookmarks or whatever, this clumsy procedure is very time consuming.) Other missed features, in order of importance: 2. A more compact view of the folders and bookmarks would also be most welcome. (But it is already a bit better than Chrome.) 3. The mouse’s cursor’s movement when dragging and dropping from one pane to the other is, for some reason, significantly slower than with Chrome’s manager – it has a marked delay. (How does Chrome manages to make it fast/smooth?) 4. Still regarding the view, I think the lines between the items (bookmarks/folders and related info of each) are distracting, and clutter the view; having alternating shades of gray between items is of little help, at least for me. I mean, just look at Firefox’s manager: it has still more items visible, and still items are distinct enough. And it of course looks cleaner. 5. Keeping a memory of the column widths as adjusted last time would also be a bit helpful. (Currently it opens up everytime with default widths.) Summing up: if the developer(s) could produce a manager like Firefox’s native, and allowing you to find where a bookmark is, that would be excellent (at least for me). I am giving it 4 stars counting on improvements, hopefully soon (so I can start really using it).

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hyphen point August 18th, 2022

Would have programmed it myself :) Thanks for this extension.

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