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Favorites let you save important places in documents and jump back to them later.

Add a favorite #

Press Ctrl + B to add the current page to favorites. The favorite stores the page and how far you had scrolled on it, so jumping back returns you to the same place on the page, not only the top.
You can also use Ctrl + K command palette and run Add Favorite.

Favorites sidebar #

The favorites sidebar shows favorites saved across documents.
To show or hide it:
  • use Ctrl + K command palette and run Toggle Favorites
  • or assign a shortcut to CmdFavoriteToggle
When the sidebar is visible, selecting a favorite navigates to that saved place. If the favorite is in another document, SumatraPDF opens that document.

Show favorites from command palette #

Press Ctrl + K, then type $ to show favorites in the command palette.
Favorites from the current document are listed first. Favorites from other documents are shown after them and include the file name.

Bind favorites command palette to b #

You can bind CmdCommandPaletteFavorites to a key in advanced settings.
Open Settings / Advanced Options..., find the Shortcuts section and add:
Shortcuts [
    [
        Cmd = CmdCommandPaletteFavorites
        Key = b
    ]
]
After saving, pressing b opens the command palette directly in favorites mode.
You can also use CmdCommandPalette with a $ mode argument, but in settings files a literal $ must be escaped as $$ (e.g. Cmd = CmdCommandPalette $$). Prefer CmdCommandPaletteFavorites to avoid that.

Favorites button on the toolbar #

Add ToolbarText (or ToolbarSvgIcon) on the same shortcut entry to put a button on the toolbar. The button opens the same floating list as Ctrl + K then $. See Customize toolbar.
Shortcuts [
    [
        Cmd = CmdCommandPaletteFavorites
        Name = Favorites
        ToolbarText = $
    ]
]
Name is the tooltip. The button is added after the built-in toolbar buttons.
See customize keyboard shortcuts for details.
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