# Bookmark list should be grouped by collapsed/expandable Category
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [June 5, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667 "2015-06-05T00:26:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@danzoid61](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danzoid61)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2015, 12:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/1 "2015-06-05T00:26:24Z")
Presently, the Bookmarks list is a random (or chronological) listing and the Bookmarked topics are all mixed up.
It would be much better to present the user’s bookmarks grouped under collapsed/expandable category headings.
When I wish to go to one of my bookmarked topics, I always know what category it is likely to be in.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/2 "2015-06-05T00:27:13Z")
Are you looking for this?
[https://meta.discourse.org/bookmarks](https://meta.discourse.org/bookmarks)
Sort by category by clicking on the column header.
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### Author:  [@danzoid61](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danzoid61)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/3 "2015-06-05T00:33:07Z")
AH, yes that is what I think I want.
Problem is that [**forums.sketchup.com**](http://forums.sketchup.com/) does not present the bookmark list with this kind of columnar list.
Instead they are listed in a summary type listing, chronological, newest first.
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/4 "2015-06-05T02:42:09Z")
Try [http://forums.sketchup.com/bookmarks](http://forums.sketchup.com/bookmarks) ?
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/5 "2015-06-05T04:08:22Z")
Note, @AlexAB can add that tab into default top tabs. Long term full page search is going to solve a lot of this, your bookmarks can simply be a saved search.
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### Author:  [@danzoid61](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danzoid61)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/6 "2015-06-05T14:29:12Z")
Thanks @sam
I see now that there are two ways to list the bookmarks, …
… and that for some reason the columnar list’s link is not on the “top tabs” (along with the full page search link.)
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### Author:  [@danzoid61](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danzoid61)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/7 "2015-06-05T14:33:02Z")
@sam
BUT… even though this is a listing that can be sorted by column heading, it’s still is not the same as grouping the bookmarks into collapsed groups.
This issue is that I know which category I’m interested in, and do not want to have to scroll through other categories that just happen to be earlier in the alpha order.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2015, 6:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/8 "2015-06-05T18:10:47Z")
Yeah … what you want here is a full page search for all your bookmarks in a particular category.
You can hack this with query params, but just hold tight for a bit and we plan to add full page search in the next few months.
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### Author:  [@danzoid61](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danzoid61)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/9 "2015-06-05T18:37:11Z")
> [@sam](#):
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> Yeah … what you want here is a full page search for all your bookmarks in a particular category.
No @sam, what I wish for is exactly what I said.
I do not want to have to manually maintain nor create a URL shortcut list in my browser, each having a specific query param to each one of the numerous categories.
I really do not wish to have to type in a category name into a full page search query box.
As given above:
[http://forums.sketchup.com/bookmarks](http://forums.sketchup.com/bookmarks)
is **almost** there, but not quite.
I can live with it for now.
But it would one step better if each category group was collapsible and I could set it somewhere (in my profile?,) to be collapsed by default.
Then the list is small, does not require much scrolling to get at the desired category, and I just click the category I want to expand it, and choose the topic I wish to go to.
Actually what I am needing, most of the time, is to paste that bookmarked url into another post to direct some readers to a previous solution, or a pinned topic that answers the question they asked.
Maybe there is a better way to do this “Link Sharing” ?
Perhaps a plugin that is not installed on the SketchUp forum ?
I’m thinking something similar to what happens when I type an " **@**"or “ **:** ” symbol. A popup menu appears, that allows me to pick something to insert into the content.
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### Author:  [@AlexAB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexAB)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/10 "2015-06-09T14:41:56Z")
> [@sam](#):
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> Yeah … what you want here is a full page search for all your bookmarks in a particular category.
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> You can hack this with query params, but just hold tight for a bit and we plan to add full page search in the next few months.
Keep me updated @Sam with this progression 🙂
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### Author:  [@danzoid61](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danzoid61)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/11 "2016-08-05T19:03:40Z")
> [@danzoid61](#):
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> I’m thinking something similar to what happens when I type an "@"or “:” symbol. A popup menu appears, that allows me to pick something to insert into the content.
… that will allow me to pick to insert a link to one of my bookmarks.
(SHAMELESS BUMP)
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/12 "2016-08-05T19:06:13Z")
That is certainly a much better, more defensible idea than “allow me to autocomplete every topic”.
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### Author:  [@danzoid61](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danzoid61)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/13 "2016-08-05T20:41:39Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> That is certainly a much better, more defensible idea than “allow me to autocomplete every topic”.
**I never said “_autocomplete every topic_” nor meant this.**
_I said:_
> [@danzoid61](#):
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> Actually what I am needing, most of the time, is to paste that bookmarked url into another post to direct some readers to a previous solution, or a pinned topic that answers the question they asked.
I was quite clear that I wish to “direct readers to a previous solution, or a pinned topic,”…
**This means a link**. I thought that `#` symbol would make sense but it is currently used for inserting category links. I wonder if this use of the `#` symbol is even known or are even used ?
> BTW, (offtopic,) I actually do not care for the mini-quote-window of linked posts, and usually put a `[url]` … `[/url]` around them to prevent the “mini-quote” (or whatever it is called.)
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/14 "2016-08-05T20:49:17Z")
You can just insert a space in front of the URL, no need to do all that.
A shortcut to insert a bookmarked topic is a good idea, in a way that “a shortcut to insert any topic” definitely is not!
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### Author:  [@danzoid61](https://meta.discourse.org/u/danzoid61)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/15 "2016-08-05T23:24:48Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> You can just insert a space in front of the URL, no need to do all that.
Okay, thank you, I’ll see if I remember that next time.
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> A shortcut to insert a bookmarked topic is a good idea, …
Thanks I think so also. It will be of much benefit to forum sages and admins.
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> … in a way that “a shortcut to insert any topic” definitely is not!
This whole thread is about the **bookmark** list and leveraging **it** for good uses, … so I keep wondering why you insist on making this _obtuse_ point, as no one above said this, nor implied this ?
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/16 "2016-08-06T00:38:23Z")
It’s come up several times in the past, though. Worth mentioning.
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### Author:  [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2025, 11:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-list-should-be-grouped-by-collapsed-expandable-category/29667/17 "2025-12-04T11:35:59Z")