Favorites let you star the processes you care about most so you can cycle between them with a shortcut and find them faster when they need attention. Agents, terminals, and commands can all be favorited.
Marking a favorite
There are three ways to toggle a favorite:
- Star button — hover a process row in the sidebar and click the star on the right side. The star stays visible (filled, amber) while the process is a favorite.
- Context menu — right-click a process row and choose Add to favorites or Remove from favorites.
- Command palette — select the process first. Open the full palette with its current shortcut (
Cmd+Kby default on macOS;Ctrl+Kby default on Windows and Linux), or open context actions with its current shortcut (Cmd+Pby default on macOS;Ctrl+Pby default on Windows and Linux). Choose Add to favorites or Remove from favorites. Both palette commands can be changed or disabled in Settings > Hotkeys.
A toast confirms each change. Favorites apply to agents, terminals, and commands; todos and scratchpads can't be favorited.
Cycling between favorites
Two global shortcuts jump directly between your favorite processes:
| Platform | Previous favorite default | Next favorite default |
|---|---|---|
| macOS | Cmd+Shift+[ |
Cmd+Shift+] |
| Windows and Linux | Ctrl+Shift+[ |
Ctrl+Shift+] |
Cycling follows Solo's projected process order across all projects in the current workspace, wrapping around at either end. That order can differ from the grouped section order shown in the sidebar. If any favorites are currently running, cycling only visits the running ones; when none are running, it visits all favorites. See Workspaces for how workspaces scope what's visible.
Both shortcuts can be remapped in Settings > Hotkeys.
Favorites and the focus jump
The focus jump palette lists processes that are unread or favorited, so starring a process keeps it eligible even when it hasn't raised a notification. Use the palette's current shortcut; it defaults to Cmd+Shift+E on macOS and Ctrl+Shift+E on Windows and Linux, and it can be changed or disabled in Settings > Hotkeys.
Within each project, focus jump results are ranked:
- Unread favorites
- Other unread processes
- Running favorites
- Remaining favorites
See Notification indicators for what makes a process unread, and Focus jump for the complete palette behavior.
Why you might use favorites
- Pin an orchestrator or lead agent — you might be working with one lead agent and several subagents. Favoriting the lead agent makes it easy to return to.
- Pin your daily drivers — star the dev server and your main agent, then use the current previous- and next-favorite shortcuts to move between them without touching the sidebar.
- Keep watch on a flaky process — a favorited worker shows up in focus jump even when it has no unread notifications.
- Cross-project hopping — cycling crosses project boundaries, so favorites work as a lightweight "working set" across everything in the workspace.