Bookmark separators in every browser: what works where

Diviide is built for Chrome and other Chromium browsers, but the full answer is bigger than that. We tested the tool in eight browsers. Here is the honest picture, browser by browser, so you know exactly what to expect in yours.

Chrome

This is what Diviide is made for. Chrome caches a bookmark's icon the instant you drag it in, exactly as you picked it, so a separator sticks straight away and keeps its color through restarts and clicks. Pick a color, drag it on, done. The walkthrough is in how to add bookmark separators.

Microsoft Edge

Everything works in Edge exactly as it does in Chrome; only the words change. Edge calls bookmarks favorites, and the strip under the address bar is the favorites bar. Press Ctrl + Shift + B to show or hide it, or set Show favorites bar to Always under Settings, then Appearance. Then drag your separator onto the favorites bar, same as in Chrome.

Brave

Brave works exactly like Chrome: drag a separator on and it sticks, in the shape and color you picked. No extra steps, nothing to know.

Arc

Arc does bookmarks its own way, in a sidebar instead of a classic bar. The pinned icons area at the top of the sidebar behaves just like Chrome: drag a separator there and it keeps its icon and color. Items in the sidebar list below keep a page name next to the icon, and there is no way to blank it, so the pinned area is where separators shine in Arc.

Opera

Opera works, with one extra click. Each time you drop a bookmark, Opera asks you to confirm its name. Leave the name blank and save, and the separator lands with its icon and color intact, same as Chrome from there on.

Vivaldi

Vivaldi is the one Chromium browser that does not play along. Drag a separator onto its bookmarks bar and you get a gray globe with the web address beside it, because Vivaldi shows the address when a bookmark has no name and does not keep the icon.

Three things still work. Diviide separators behave normally inside folders, icon and color intact. A separator with a label shows its text instead of the address, so a short heading-style label (switch on Include label before you drag) works as a text divider on the bar. And Vivaldi has a separator of its own: right-click in the bookmarks panel and choose New Separator for a plain line in the panel and bookmark menus, though it takes no color and does not draw on the bar. Renaming any bookmark to --- draws the same line, a close cousin of the pipe trick.

Safari

Safari takes extra steps, but it gets there. Dropping a separator asks you to confirm its name, and the icon stays blank until you click the bookmark once. After that click it holds: in our testing the icon survived restarts and adding more separators. Two quirks to expect: some icons pick up a background color, and Safari centers the bookmarks bar rather than starting it from the left.

Firefox

Firefox is the one to skip. The icon may show at first, but Firefox stamps a bookmark with the icon of the page it was dragged from, so clicking your separator reverts it to that original icon, and a blank name has to be cleared by hand. There is no click that fixes it. If you just want a plain divider, Firefox has its own built-in separator for the bookmarks toolbar, a thin line with no color or icon.

Why we built it this way

We did not want to leave you guessing, so here is what we did. We looked hard at Safari and Firefox, and even built and tested a version that served the icon over the network instead. It mostly worked in Safari after an extra click, but would not hold up in Firefox, and it added a lot of moving parts for a result that still let people down. So we chose not to ship a half working experience and to keep Diviide simple and reliable where it already shines. For separators that keep their color, use a Chromium browser such as Chrome, Edge, Brave, or Arc. They are free, and you can keep using your usual browser for everything else.

Seen something different?

Browsers change with updates, and everything on this page comes from our own testing. If your browser does something different from what we describe, we would like to know. Email hello@divii.de or open an issue on GitHub, and we will retest and put it right.

Get started

Open Diviide, pick a color, and drag a separator onto your bar. For the full walkthrough, see how to add bookmark separators. And if you still have questions, the FAQ covers the common ones.

Common questions

Does Diviide work in Chrome?

Yes, and Chrome is what Diviide is built for. Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Arc save the icon the instant you drag a separator in, so it shows up in the shape and color you picked and sits on your bar as a clean marker.

Does Diviide work in Safari?

Partly, with extra steps. Safari asks you to confirm the name when you drop a separator, and the icon does not appear until you click the bookmark once. After that click it holds: the icon survives restarts and new separators. Some icons pick up a background color, so it is not as clean as Chrome, but it works.

Does Diviide work in Firefox?

Firefox is not supported. The icon may show at first, but Firefox stamps a bookmark with the icon of the page it came from, so clicking the separator reverts it and blank names have to be cleared by hand. Firefox does have its own built-in separator for the bookmarks toolbar, a thin plain divider with no color or icon. For separators that keep their color, use a Chromium browser like Chrome, Edge, Brave, or Arc.

Does Diviide work in Vivaldi or Opera?

Opera yes: everything works like Chrome, except Opera asks you to confirm the name each time you drop a bookmark, and a blank name is fine. Vivaldi mostly no: on its bookmarks bar a dragged separator shows a gray globe and the web address instead of the icon, though separators work normally inside folders and Vivaldi has a built-in separator for its bookmarks panel.