Favorites Feature Guide

How to open

Open Gallery from the sidebar, then select the Favorites tab at the top.

Favorites screen

This image is a reference from VSA v0.8.2. The VSA v0.9.0 screen may look different.

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The Favorites feature lets you mark important screenshots and manage them locally. When a favorites folder is configured, VSA copies favorited photos there.

Overview

With Favorites, you can:

Adding Favorites

Mark photos as favorite directly from the gallery thumbnail display.

Steps:

  1. View the gallery grid
  2. Locate the star icon (★) on the thumbnail’s top-right corner
  3. Click the star icon
  4. Star fills in, indicating photo is now a favorite

Method 2: Photo Detail Sidebar

Mark favorites from the detailed photo information panel.

Steps:

  1. Click a photo in the gallery
  2. Photo detail sidebar opens on the right
  3. Click the star (★) button at the top of the sidebar
  4. Star fills in to confirm favorite status

Method 3: Table View

Mark favorites from the list/table display.

Steps:

  1. Switch to Table view
  2. Locate the star (★) column
  3. Click the star cell for desired photo
  4. Favorite status updates immediately

Sync Note: Favorite status syncs between Grid and Table views. Mark as favorite in either view and it appears in both.

Favorites View

Accessing Favorites

Steps:

  1. Open Gallery from the sidebar
  2. Select the Favorites tab at the top
  3. All marked favorite photos display

Display Format

Grid Display:

Displayed Information:

Selection Mode and Bulk Operations

Click Selection Mode to select multiple photos. The selection toolbar provides Select all, Cancel, Export selected, and Remove Selected. VSA asks for a destination folder each time you export.

Removing a Favorite

To remove one photo, open the photo detail sidebar and click the star button again. To remove several at once, choose Selection Mode in Favorites, select the photos, then choose Remove Selected. Removing one favorite with the star button in the detail sidebar leaves the original photo in Gallery and deletes the copy tracked by VSA. Choosing Remove selected in Selection Mode only clears favorite status; it leaves both the original photo and the copy in the favorites folder.

Data Management

Favorites Folder

Choose the destination in Settings > Favorites. When a folder is configured, favoriting a photo copies the original there. Removing one favorite with the star button in the detail sidebar also deletes the copy tracked by VSA. Copies remain when favorites are removed in bulk from Selection Mode.

If you changed the destination and want to copy existing favorites there, use Migrate favorite photos in the same panel. The result shows successful and failed counts and details for failed photos.

Migration copies the currently marked photos to the selected folder and clears the migrated favorite state. Confirm the result before deleting or reorganizing any source files.

Export and Backups

From Favorites > Selection Mode, choose Export selected and select any destination folder. To make a long-term backup, close VSA and copy the configured favorites folder and the original photo folder. Do not edit or replace VSA-managed data manually.

Troubleshooting

Favorites Not Saving

Symptom: Marked photos revert to non-favorite after restart

Possible Causes:

Disk Space Issues:

File Permission Problems:

  1. Right-click %APPDATA%\VSA\ folder
  2. Open Properties
  3. Check Security tab
  4. Verify Write permission enabled
  5. Apply if needed

If the problem persists:

Privacy and Security

Data Protection

Favorite Data:

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