Comments on: Add Links to the Home Screen in Brave Browser on the Computer

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 07:19:41 +0000

Kushal,
Unfortunately, it only allows you to add 4 links, even though more are stored as, if one is deleted, another appears.
Elsewhere in this thread there is a similar complaint about the desktop app where the limit is 12. The VERY unhelpful answer there is ‘this is just how it’s been developed’. This is not a good answer. Why such arbitrary limits? I need more shortcuts here, which are much more useful than bookmarks for sites I use regularly. On the desktop, I can overcome this with a extension in called ‘Speed Dial 2’ but not on Brave mobile.
This is the primary reason I’ve not made Brave my default browser, as my current browser, Kiwi, does not have this artifical limit. Please fix this, both on desktop and mobile – but especially mobile as there aren’t the alternatives like on the desktop.

By: Kushal Azza

Kushal Azza — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 09:55:34 +0000

In reply to Carol. Hi Carol, maybe that's how the Brave has been developed to support only 12 top sites. As a workaround, you may consider using the Brave's Bookmarks feature to save your favorite sites.

By: Kushal Azza

Kushal Azza — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 09:53:31 +0000

In reply to Carol.

Hi Carol, the article has a section that answers your questions. Refer to “Enable Top Site on Homscreen…” section.

You need to click on the “Customize” option at the bottom right and enable the switch for Top Sites. I hope this help.

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 17:23:40 +0000

I submitted this question a couple of days ago, and it showed on this site as having been received. Then it disappeared, without having been addressed. PLEASE! I had previously placed 12 Top Sites on my Brave home page, then accidentally pressed the button to “hide top sites.” They disappeared and I cannot find a way to get them back. How can I do that, or do I have to enter them all over again? Thank you.

By: Carol

Carol — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 20:01:53 +0000

I unintentionally hid the Top Sites icons and now I don’t know how to get them back. Do I have to put them in all over again? Thank you.

Also, Opera allows an apparently infinite number of top sites on their user home page, but Brave is limited to about 12. Brave is much faster, so I won’t switch, but I would love to have a larger number of top sites available.

By: Kushal Azza

Kushal Azza — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 05:05:38 +0000

In reply to Generosus. Hello Generosus, I did not hide the customize controls (not possible as of now), it's a cropped screenshot :)

By: Kushal Azza

Kushal Azza — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 11:03:48 +0000

In reply to Eugene Jerling. Hi Eugene, I apologies for missing that. You can use the Customize option on the Brave browser start page to enable the Top Site option and switch to Favorites instead of Frequently Visit to add a site you wish. I'm also updating the post with same information.

By: Eugene Jerling

Eugene Jerling — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 00:56:45 +0000

so far it’s taken me over an hour not to learn how to add a site to my home screen as your advice doesn’t include instructions for if you have zero shortcuts on your homescreen

By: Generosus

Generosus — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 19:45:26 +0000

Great article.

So, how did you manage to hide the controls located on the bottom right side of the dashboard?

Details: https://prnt.sc/gSdZAmqY8l81 and https://prnt.sc/ToJ-UZW6_de_

Thank you 🙂

By: Webyankee

Webyankee — Tue, 16 May 2023 21:57:19 +0000

The link onto Brave’s home page is nice but it LACKs the ability to add several links and folders to one box like Opera does. This would allow me to categorize associated links into one box. It would also be nice to fill the browser window with these boxes instead of restricting the number that can be seen all at once in one assigned place.
This is important to me and I miss having this ability.