# Favorites

My Favorites allows you to save and reuse your preferred shapes and visualizations, making your design process faster and more efficient. By organizing frequently used elements, you can maintain consistency across projects and create personalized graphics with ease.

## Why Use My Favorites?

* **Speed Up Your Workflow:** Quickly access your most-used shapes and elements, streamlining your design process.
* **Consistency Across Designs:** Reuse your favorite shapes to maintain a consistent and recognizable style across multiple projects.
* **Save Time & Stay Organized:** By using My Favorites, you can easily organize your favorite shapes and keep your workflow efficient.

## Creating Favorites

1. Open your YouDesign Models Board in **Editor Mode**.
2. In the **Left Sidebar**, open the **Diagramming View**.
3. Select a shape that you want to add to **My Favorites**.
4. Click and drag the desired shape – when you do this, a "Drop here to create a favorite" box will appear.
5. Drop the shape into the "Drop here to create a favorite" box.

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## Using Favorites

1. Open your YouDesign Models Board in **Editor Mode**.
2. In the **Left Sidebar**, go to the **Diagramming View**.
3. Click on **My Favorites** to expand the drop-down menu. This will display the names and thumbnails of your saved shapes and elements for easy access.
4. Drag & Drop the shapes from the My Favorites panel on the Board to use them.

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## Removing Favorites

1. In the **Diagramming View** on the Left Sidebar, expand the **My Favorites** list.
2. Hover over the **My Favorites** section heading — a **pen (edit) icon** appears.
3. Click the pen icon to enter edit mode — a **"Drop here to remove from favorites"** box appears.
4. Drag the favorite you want to remove into the drop zone.

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## List View and Matrix View

My Favorites supports both **list view** (one shape per row with names visible) and **matrix view** (compact grid of thumbnails). Toggle between them using the view-switch buttons at the top of the Diagramming panel — same as other shape categories.

* **List view** is better when names matter or you have fewer favorites.
* **Matrix view** is better for scanning visually when you have many favorites.

## Tips

* **Drop zone appears only during drag.** The "Drop here to create a favorite" box shows up the moment you begin dragging any shape from the library — if you don't see it, make sure you've expanded the **My Favorites** section first.
* **Search includes Favorites.** The Diagramming search box (top of the panel) searches across all categories including My Favorites, so a search term is the fastest way to find a favorite with a unique name.
* **Favorites are per-user.** Your favorites don't affect other team members.
* **For reusable compositions, use Templates instead.** A single favorite shape is one shape; [Templates](/models/work-in-the-app/editor/templates.md) capture whole arrangements.

## Related

* [Shapes](/models/work-in-the-app/editor/shapes.md) — the source of favorites
* [Shape Libraries](/models/work-in-the-app/editor/shape-libraries.md) — the bundled libraries you pick favorites from
* [Templates](/models/work-in-the-app/editor/templates.md) — for reusing groups of shapes, not single shapes


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