Favorites

Table of Contents

1. How to Favorite a Task
2. How to Remove a Task from Favorites
3. Features
4. Perfect For
5. Recent Tasks
   1. Configuration
      1. workspaceTasks.recentTasks.maxItems
      2. workspaceTasks.groups.recentTasks.enabled
6. Next Steps

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Pin your most frequently used tasks for instant access. Favorites appear in a dedicated section at the top of the task tree, making your common operations just one click away.

How to Favorite a Task

1. Hover over any task in the tree to reveal the action bar
2. Click the star icon (☆) in the action bar — or right-click the task and select Add to Favorites
3. The task appears immediately in the Favorites group at the top of the tree
4. The star icon fills in (⭐) at both the original task location and in the Favorites group

How to Remove a Task from Favorites

1. Click the filled star (⭐) in the action bar — or right-click the task and select Remove from Favorites
2. The task is removed from the Favorites group but remains in its original location in the tree

Features

• Quick Access — All favorites in one place, organized by task type
• Persistent — Saved automatically across Visual Studio Code sessions
• Workspace-Specific — Each workspace maintains its own favorites list
• Visual Indicators — Star icons show in both the favorites section and original location
• Context Display — Tasks show their workspace folder name in multi-root workspaces
• Settings Sync — Favorites automatically sync across all your machines when VS Code Settings Sync is enabled

Perfect For

• Build, test, and deploy tasks you use daily
• Development scripts you run frequently
• Tasks from different workspace folders you need regularly

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Recent Tasks

As you run tasks, they are tracked in a dedicated Recent Tasks section at the top of the task tree. This lets you quickly re-run the tasks you’ve been working with most recently.

Configuration

workspaceTasks.recentTasks.maxItems

Type: number Default: 20 Minimum: 0

The maximum number of task items to track in the Recent Tasks group. Once the limit is reached, the oldest tasks are dropped from the list. Set to 0 to disable Recent Tasks entirely.

{
  "workspaceTasks.recentTasks.maxItems": 20
}

workspaceTasks.groups.recentTasks.enabled

Type: boolean Default: false

When enabled, recent tasks will be grouped by task type in the same way as the main task tree.

{
  "workspaceTasks.groups.recentTasks.enabled": true
}

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Next Steps

• Configuration — Full settings reference
• Compound Tasks (Queues) — Group tasks into runnable sequences