Favorites
Favorites live in the Navigator sidebar, the same column as Vials and Workspaces. They are shortcuts to folders you open often. Favorite folders are logical groups inside Phials only; they do not create or change anything on disk.
Open a favorite
Click a favorite location row to open that folder in the active file explorer tab. If a path cannot be resolved (for example when a drive is unplugged), the row appears disabled until the path is available again.
Middle-click a location to open it in a new tab instead.
Favorite folders
Use New Folder in the Favorites section header to create a group for organizing shortcuts.
- Click a folder row to expand or collapse it.
- An empty folder shows a short hint until you add locations inside it.
Right-click a folder for:
- Rename
- Collapse / Expand
- Delete Folder removes the folder and any favorites inside it (Phials asks you to confirm)
Reorder and move favorites
- Drag a location or folder to reorder within the top level or inside an expanded folder.
- Drag a location onto another list (top level or an expanded folder) to move it.
- Right-click a location and choose Move to Folder to move it without dragging (Top level or another folder).
Folder headers are not drop targets for files from the file list. Only location rows accept those moves.
Pin a folder from the file list
Right-click a folder in the file browser and choose Pin to Favorites:
- Top level adds the folder at the root of Favorites
- A named favorite folder adds it inside that group
- New Folder creates a folder and pins into it
If the folder is already pinned, use Unpin from Favorites.
Edit or remove a location
Right-click a favorite location for Edit, Open in file explorer, Copy path, Move to Folder, or Remove from Favorites.
If you rename or delete the real folder on disk, Phials updates or removes the matching favorite automatically.
Your layout is remembered
Order, folder membership, and which folders are expanded or collapsed are restored when you restart Phials.