Managing Your Project Favorites

On this page:

• Basics
• Using the Project tool window to add items to favorites
• Using the editor to add items to favorites
• Creating a new favorites list
• Renaming a favorites list
• Moving an item to a different list
• Removing items from favorites

Basics

You can arrange the most frequently used project items (files, folders, packages, instance and class members, etc.), bookmarks, and breakpoints in the lists of favorite items (favorites). In IntelliJ IDEA, there is a dedicated tool window for managing your favorites (the Favorites tool window).

Initially, there is one (empty) favorites list which has the same name as the project.

You can create more favorites lists and manage their contents as necessary.

Using the Project tool window to add items to favorites

1. In the Project, select the item or items you want to add to favorites.
2. Do one of the following:
   • On the main menu, point to File | Add To Favorites.
   • On the context menu of the selection, point to Add To Favorites
3. To add the selected item or items to an existing favorites list, select the name of the list.

   To create a new favorites list and add the selected item or items to it, select Add To New Favorites List. In the Add New Favorites List dialog, specify the name of the new list and click OK.

   

Using the editor to add items to favorites

In the editor, you can add to favorites one file, or all the currently opened files.

1. Right-click the editor tab of interest and select one of the following options:
   • If you want to add the current file to favorites, select Add To Favorites. (For the current file, File | Add To Favorites is also available as an alternative.)
   • If you want to add all the files open in the editor to favorites, select Add All To Favorites.
2. To add the item or items to an existing favorites list, select the name of the list.

   To create a new favorites list and add the item or items to it, select Add To New Favorites List. In the Add New Favorites List dialog, specify the name of the new list and click OK.

Creating a new favorites list

You have an option of creating a new favorites list when adding items to favorites or when moving a favorites list item to a different list.

You can also create a new (empty) favorites list just on its own, as a separate task:

1. If the Favorites tool window is not currently shown, open it.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Click on the toolbar.
   • Press Alt+Insert.
3. In the Add New Favorites List dialog, specify the name of the new list and click OK.

Renaming a favorites list

1. If the Favorites tool window is not currently shown, open it.
2. Do one of the following:
   • Right-click the list whose name you want to change and select Rename Favorites List.
   • In the toolbar of the Favorites tool window, click .
3. In the New Name for Favorites List dialog box, change the name of the list as required, and click OK.

Moving an item to a different list

1. If the Favorites tool window is not currently shown, open it.
2. Right-click the list item that you are going to move and select Send To Favorites.
3. To move the selected item to an existing favorites list, select the name of the destination list.

   To create a new favorites list and move the item there, select Send To New Favorites List. In the Add New Favorites List dialog, specify the name of the new list and click OK.

Removing items from favorites

To remove items from favorites, you can delete the corresponding favorites list items and/or the whole favorites lists.

1. If the Favorites tool window is not currently shown, open it.
2. Select the item or items that you want to remove from favorites. Note that you can select separate list items and the whole lists at the same time.
3. Do one of the following:
   • Click on the toolbar.
   • Select Remove From Favorites in the context menu. (If a single favorites list is currently selected, note that there are also the following options: Delete Favorites List <list_name> and Delete All Favorites Lists Except <list_name>.)
   • Press Delete.