In this chapter, you will learn how to use "bookmark manager", which is similar to Chrome's built-in bookmark manager (chrome://bookmarks) but allows you to browse your bookmarks using tags instead of folders.
Opening the bookmark manager
By toolbar icon
First, open FakeTag's options page by right-clicking on the toolbar icon (
) and choose "Options".
Then, click "Open bookmark manager" on the left side of the options page.
By keyboard shortcut
You can also set a keyboard shortcut to open the bookmark manager using the browser's extension manager (look for a field labeled "Open bookmark manager").
Extension manager (chrome://extensions/shortcuts)
By bookmark
The bookmark manager has a permanent URL, so you can create a bookmark for it and put it into, say, the "Bookmarks bar" folder for quick access.
Using the bookmark manager
The bookmark manager is divided into the following components: the tag selector (left), the search results view (right) and the bulk actions bar (top right).
Tag selector
Select one or more tags using a search box or a tag list to search for bookmarks that have them.
Click "Deselect all tags", or press Enter while the search box is empty (and has focus) to reset the search criteria.
Multiple tags are interpreted differently depending on the selection mode. If the selection mode is AND, bookmarks that have all the selected tags are matched. If the selection mode is OR, bookmarks that have at least one of the selected tags are matched.
Tag list's additional functionalities
The tag list used for the tag selector has additional functionalities described below.
Special tags
A special tag is a "virtual tag" (a tag that has no corresponding folder like normal tags) used to search for bookmarks that satisfy certain criteria.
"Selected bookmarks" tag
As you will see later in this chapter, each bookmark shown in the search results view has a check box that allows you to select it. This "selected" state of a bookmark is maintained even if you change the search criteria. The "selected bookmarks" tag is used to show the currently selected bookmarks. To clear the currently selected bookmarks, hover over this tag and click 
.
"Multi-tagged bookmarks" tag
A multi-tagged bookmark is a bookmark that has multiple tags attached to it, which actually is composed of multiple bookmarks that point to the same URL as shown below.
┣ [F1: "News"] ┃ ┗ [B1: "BBC"] (=> https://www.bbc.com/) ┗ [F2: "UK"] ┗ [B2: "BBC"] (=> https://www.bbc.com/) FakeTag treats the folder/bookmark relationships above as: [B1/B2: "BBC"] ~ [T1: "News"][T2: "UK"]
The "multi-tagged bookmarks" tag is a virtual tag used to search for such bookmarks.
This feature can also be used to remove unintentionally created duplicate bookmarks.
Temporary tags
A temporary tag is a virtual tag used to save search results temporarily for further searching. By using temporary tags, you can combine AND searches and OR searches like this.
Step 1: [China] OR [Japan] OR [Korea] => [Temp: "CJK"] Step 2: [Anime] OR [Comic] OR [Games] => [Temp: "ACG"] Step 3: [Temp: "CJK"] AND [Temp: "ACG"]
A newly created temporary tag (more on how to do that later) is added to the "Temporary tags" section and can be used like other tags. To delete a temporary tag, hover over it and click .
Deleting tags
Tags listed on the "Normal tags" section can be deleted by clicking except for some that are protected by your browser such as the "Bookmarks bar" tag and the "Other bookmarks" tag. Before deleting a tag, make sure that it isn't selected or used (a tag is said to be "used" if the corresponding folder has bookmarks or subfolders).
Search results view
The search results view is a table view, each row of which represents a bookmark that satisfies the current search criteria and consists of the following three columns: "selector", "Name/URL" and "Tags".
"Selector" column
A bookmark can be selected by clicking somewhere within the "selector" column (including the check box). As already mentioned above, selected bookmarks are maintained until explicitly deselected.
Click 
to select all bookmarks shown. Click 
to deselect all of them.
"Name/URL" column
The "Name/URL" column of each bookmark shows its name (top) and URL (bottom).
A floating menu that appears when you hover over a bookmark allows you to perform some actions on that bookmark. Click 
or the URL to open it in a new tab. Click 
to edit it using the tagged page editor explained in the previous chapter. If it has a note, hover over 
to show its content.
"Tags" column
The "Tags" column of each bookmark has a list of tags attached to that bookmark. Click to remove a tag from the list.
Bulk actions bar
Left
Right
The bulk actions bar allows you to perform some actions such as adding/removing a tag on multiple bookmarks at once.
The target bookmarks of an action is either "Matched & Selected" (default) or "Matched". Note that if "Matched & Selected" is chosen, selected bookmarks that are not currently shown in the search results view are excluded.
Available actions are as follows.
- Add tag
- Remove tag
- Remove all tags
- Create temporary tag
- Open
The "Add tag" and "Remove tag" actions need a target tag (a tag to add/remove) in addition to target bookmarks. To set a target tag, click "Select" and select one using a search box.
As already mentioned above, a temporary tag is a virtual tag used to save search results temporarily for further searching. Invoking the "Create temporary tag" action brings up a dialog asking you to enter a name for the new temporary tag and then saves the current target bookmarks under the given name.
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