# Concept | Add | Favorites: Tags / Notebook and Recents: Notes

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/concept-add-favorites-tags-notebook-and-recents-notes/10414>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [5 August 2020 03:18 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/concept-add-favorites-tags-notebook-and-recents-notes/10414 "2020-08-05T03:18:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![SpekulacjeTV](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/spekulacjetv/32/4698_2.png) [@SpekulacjeTV](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/SpekulacjeTV)\
**Post date:** [5 August 2020 03:18 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/concept-add-favorites-tags-notebook-and-recents-notes/10414/1 "2020-08-05T03:18:20Z")

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Hi,

I have iOS App, I make some improvements.

**Add**  
Favorites: Tags / Notebook  
Recents: Notes

You can on / off this if you want.

How about that?

Mini concept mockup:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/2X/4/45c0fbe119b97832d94237b9b6c165f16f57dbf9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![MisterKelly](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/misterkelly/32/3841_2.png) [@MisterKelly](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/MisterKelly)\
**Post date:** [14 September 2020 06:28 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/concept-add-favorites-tags-notebook-and-recents-notes/10414/2 "2020-09-14T06:28:46Z")

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I would like to second this request. Being able to star a note or notebook and have it turn up in a **Favourites** section on the sidebar is the only thing I miss about Evernote.

I have my notebooks arranged in multiple depths. This works very well (for me at least). Everything has its place and I know where to find something. However sometimes I know that I will be working with one notebook every day for a week or so. It used to be very useful to star that notebook and have it visible immediately from the sidebar.

Would this be possible in Joplin, either as a future feature or a plugin?

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**Author:** ![being-peace](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/being-peace/32/8580_2.png) [@being-peace](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/being-peace)\
**Post date:** [24 June 2021 05:34 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/concept-add-favorites-tags-notebook-and-recents-notes/10414/3 "2021-06-24T05:34:23Z")

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There is a plug-in, unfortunately plugins don’t work in the app, as far as I know.

> [@Notebook, Note, To-do, Tag, Search Favorites Plugin](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/notebook-note-to-do-tag-search-favorites-plugin/14049):
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> Based on the [Note Tabs](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/plugin-note-tabs/12752) plugin, I've created another panel view based plugin. It allows you to save any notebook, note, to-do, tag, or search as favorite in an extra panel view for quick access. You can install it via the Joplin plugin system (see [here](https://github.com/benji300/joplin-favorites#automatic-joplin-v164-and-newer) for details). I hope it will help you to improve your daily work with Joplin. slight_smileFeatures Save any of the following item types as favorites Notebook Note, To-do Tag Search Not fully supported right now - see [here](https://github.com/benji300/joplin-favorites#open-saved-search) for details …

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**Author:** ![being-peace](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/being-peace/32/8580_2.png) [@being-peace](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/being-peace)\
**Post date:** [24 June 2021 08:38 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/concept-add-favorites-tags-notebook-and-recents-notes/10414/4 "2021-06-24T08:38:24Z")

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@SpekulacjeTV I would like to suggest to update the description to include "Favorites" for tags and saved searches, as in the plugin mentioned above. The "recent" section could probably be a different topic.

@laurent I would like to describe the use cases I have, perhaps there is a completely different solution for this: I have a set of actions, I frequently used Evernote´s tag/note favorites for and now look for an equivalent in Joplin.

- Weekly, I check the list actions with past and upcoming due dates to schedule them from completion in my week. The same goes to for a tag "Next".
- There are some notes I would like to access very quickly: Opening Hours of nearby shops, Ideas for Presents for Friends, List of borrowed things.

"Favorites" (tags/notes/workbooks) could be a perfect thing for this, as the list of tags will grow to long. A scriptgenerated "Startpage" could be a workaround for this, but would require "in-app-linking" from one note to other notes or list of tagged notes.

Any idea?

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**Author:** ![fabianoriccardi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@fabianoriccardi](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/fabianoriccardi)\
**Post date:** [3 January 2024 12:01 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/concept-add-favorites-tags-notebook-and-recents-notes/10414/5 "2024-01-03T12:01:29Z")

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I also think this is an important feature, in Evernote I was used to prioritize few notes among the others.

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**Author:** ![jb261](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/jb261/32/7324_2.png) [@jb261](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/jb261)\
**Post date:** [3 January 2024 18:50 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/concept-add-favorites-tags-notebook-and-recents-notes/10414/6 "2024-01-03T18:50:28Z")

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Decent workaround for easy access to frequently accessed notes on mobile.

> [@Joplin is SO superior to Evernote](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/joplin-is-so-superior-to-evernote/33406/25):
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> On the desktop it could be solved with [Favorites Plugin](https://github.com/benji300/joplin-favorites) What about using a tag to group your favorites? Then, just click on that tag to display them...