Favorites
Pin the handful of apps you open constantly.
A favorite is pinned above everything else when the launcher opens with an empty query.
Adding one
Select an entry and press ⌘K → Add to Favorites, or press ⇧⌘F on the selected row. The same menu and the same chord remove it.
Adding leaves the highlight on the first favorite; removing leaves it on the favorite above the one you just took out, so the section stays under your fingers either way.
Reordering
Favorites sit in the order you put them in. With an empty query, select one and use ⌥⌘↑ / ⌥⌘↓, or ⌘K → Move Favorite Up / Move Favorite Down.
The first favorite offers no Move Up and the last offers no Move Down. The chords keep the entry selected as it moves, so holding one walks it to where you want it.
Launching by number
⌘1 launches your first favorite, ⌘2 the second, and so on to ⌘9 — then ⌘0 for the tenth, since there is no ⌘10 key. Favorites past the tenth have no number; move one up with ⌥⌘↑ if you want it on a chord.
Hold ⌘ and each numbered favorite shows its number in place of the category label on the right of the row, so you never have to count.
The numbers work whenever the Favorites section is on screen — that is, at an empty query. Type a search and the list becomes ranked results, where a position number would mean nothing.
In compact mode
With compact mode on and Show favorites in compact mode enabled, your favorites appear as icons at the right of the slim search bar.
The strip has room for five icons, and the same numbers launch them. If you have more than five, a … button follows them — click it, or press ↓, to expand into the full list. ⌘6 and up still launch favorites the strip has no room to draw.
Favorites do not teach ranking
Picking a favorite from an empty query does not feed learned ranking. You did not search for it, so there is nothing to learn about what you meant.
Favorites are carried in settings backups and are also one of the categories brought over by the Raycast importer.