Favorites
Pin the things you open all the time, and launch them by number.
A favorite sits above everything else when the launcher opens with nothing typed.
Adding one
Select an entry and press ⇧⌘F, or choose ⌘K → Add to Favorites. The same key and menu remove it.
After adding, the highlight moves to your first favorite. After removing, it lands on the favorite above the one you took out, so the section stays under your fingers.
Reordering
Favorites stay in the order you put them. With nothing typed, select one and press ⌥⌘↑ or ⌥⌘↓, or use ⌘K → Move Favorite Up or Move Favorite Down.
The selection follows the favorite as it moves, so holding the keys walks it to where you want it.
Launching by number
⌘1 opens your first favorite, ⌘2 the second, and so on up to ⌘9. ⌘0 opens the tenth. Favorites past the tenth have no number; move one up if you want it on a key.
The numbers follow key positions, so they work the same on any keyboard layout.
Hold ⌘ for a moment and each numbered favorite shows its number on the right of its row, so you never have to count.
The numbers work while the Favorites section is on screen, which means with nothing typed. Once you type, the list is ranked results, where a position would mean nothing.
In the clipboard screen, the same number keys paste your pinned entries instead.
In compact mode
With compact mode on and Show favorites in compact mode enabled, your favorites show as icons on the right of the slim search bar.
The bar has room for five icons, and the same numbers open them. With more than five, a … button follows. Click it, or press ↓, to open the full list. ⌘6 and up still open favorites the bar has no room to show.
Favorites do not teach ranking
Opening a favorite with nothing typed, or by its number, does not feed learned ranking. You did not search for it, so there is nothing to learn.
Favorites are included in backups, and they are one of the things the Raycast importer brings across.