Xmarks for Chrome: Unable to modify root bookmark folders

Are you guys, by chance, running a non-English version of Chrome? That would definitely cause these types of issues.

Hey guys,

I released a couple of updates (now up to version 0.5.5) this week that will hopefully prevent this from happening. Let me know if you're still running into issues after upgrading.

Colin

I was actually just able to get the exact same error on another machine today! I think that's a good thing. :) And I think it might be a Chrome bug. Here's what you can do to help me verify it:

- From Chrome navigate to chrome://extensions/
- Under the Xmarks for Chrome Alpha section, find (and click) the "Inspect" link next to background.html. This should open the Chrome development tools.
- Click on the 2nd from the left icon in the bottom left corner (hovering over it should say "Show console.")
- In the console that pops up, copy and paste these three lines, one at a time. Hit enter after every paste, the console should say "undefined" each time:

var allids = {};

function ValidateBookmark(root) { if (allids[root.id]) { throw "Ack! Id already exists: " + root.id; } else { allids[root.id] = true; } if (root.children) { for (var i = 0; i < root.children.length; i++) { ValidateBookmark(root.children[i]); } } }

function ValidateAllBookmark(allRoots) { try { for (var i = 0; i < allRoots.length; i++) { ValidateBookmark(allRoots[i]); } console.log("Your bookmarks look good!"); } catch (ex) { console.log("Error: " + ex); } }


Finally, copy and paste this line:

chrome.bookmarks.getTree(ValidateAllBookmark);


Hit enter one more time. If your Chrome bookmarks are in good shape it should say "Your bookmarks look good!" If not, it'll say an error instead. Let me know what happens!

Colin