Use Starred from the sidebar

Starred belongs in the Home sidebar

Use Starred for work you need to reopen often. It keeps important canvases, projects, dashboards, OKR sessions, objectives, key results, initiatives, channels, people, and other supported resources close to the sidebar instead of forcing you to search every time.

Starred is part of the navigation around Home, not a Search result type. Search is for work you can name. Recent is for work you touched lately. Starred is for work you deliberately keep on the shelf because you expect to come back.

Starred is personal. Starring a project does not star it for your teammates. Removing something from Starred does not delete the work. It only changes your own sidebar.

For section organization, see Organize Starred.

Where to find Starred

Open ALLO and use the sidebar beside Home. In the expanded sidebar, Starred appears as a personal list of shortcuts. Depending on the app width and whether the sidebar is collapsed, you may open a rail or flyout before you see the full Starred tree.

What you can star

Supported item types can include canvases, projects, dashboards, OKR sessions, objectives, key results, initiatives, channels, people, and project tags depending on the features your workspace uses. The star action appears only where ALLO supports starring that resource.

An initiative is OKR work backed by a canvas. When you star an initiative, the shortcut opens the connected work context rather than creating a separate OKR-only artifact.

If an item does not show a star action, use Search, Home, project views, or a direct link instead. Not every object in ALLO is meant to be a sidebar shortcut.

If an item is deleted or you lose access, it may disappear from Starred or fail to open until access is restored.

When to star work

Star work that is active, recurring, important, or hard to find by name. Good examples include a weekly team canvas, a launch project, a dashboard you review every morning, a company OKR session, a channel you use daily, or a teammate profile you open often.

Do not star everything. A Starred list works best when it is intentionally small enough to scan. Use Search, All canvases, and Home recent work for work you only need occasionally.

Add an item to Starred

Open the item or find it from a list where starring is available. Choose the star action from the header, card, row, context menu, or item actions. In areas that support drag-to-Starred, you can also drag a supported item into a Starred section in the sidebar.

The item should appear in Starred after the action finishes. If you try to star something that is already starred, ALLO should avoid creating a duplicate shortcut and may show an already-starred message. Look for it in your existing Starred sections before assuming the action failed.

If the item appears in the wrong section, move it later with Starred organization tools. See Organize Starred.

Open an item from Starred

Use the Starred list in the sidebar. Select the item to open it. A canvas opens as a canvas, a project opens in Projects, a dashboard opens in Dashboards, an OKR item opens in the OKR area, and a person or channel opens in its supported destination.

Starred item menus may include actions such as open, open in a new tab, copy link, open related project, or unstar. Available actions depend on item type and permission.

If the item fails to open, you may have lost access, the item may have been deleted, or the workspace may have changed. Use When search misses a result and Can't access work.

Remove an item from Starred

Use the item’s star action again or choose Unstar from the Starred item menu. Removing an item from Starred does not delete it, archive it, remove access, or affect anyone else.

If you removed the wrong item, find it again through Search, Home, All canvases, Projects, Dashboards, OKRs, or Shared with me and star it again.

If the item keeps coming back after you unstar it, refresh the page and check whether it appears in another section. If it still reappears, your view may have stale Starred state; sign out and back in if refreshing does not help.

Use Starred with sections

Sections let you group Starred items by team, workflow, client, meeting, quarter, or resource type. For example, you might create sections for Daily, Launch, Dashboards, and People.

Sections are most useful when your Starred list has grown beyond a few items. If you have fewer than ten shortcuts, a flat list may be easier than over-organizing. If you have dozens, sections keep it sane.

For detailed section actions, see Organize Starred.

Starred and permissions

Starred does not preserve access on its own. If a project owner removes you from a project, the starred project may stop opening. If a dashboard is deleted, the starred shortcut may disappear or fail. If a person leaves the workspace, their profile shortcut may behave differently.

When access changes, Starred should update as ALLO refreshes, but you may need to refresh the page or remove stale shortcuts manually. If you need the work back, ask the owner or admin to restore access rather than trying to fix Starred.

For shared work, you may be able to star a shared canvas or project so it is easier to reopen. If access is later revoked, the Starred shortcut cannot override that.

Starred versus Recent and Search

Starred is for intentional shortcuts. Recent is for work you opened lately. Search is for work you can name. Use all three together.

If you opened a canvas once yesterday and may never need it again, Recent is enough. If you open it every week, star it. If you only remember part of the title, search for it. If it is a canvas you want to browse among many, use All canvases.

Common Starred setups

For a manager, Starred might include the team planning project, weekly dashboard, company OKR session, and direct reports.

For a designer, Starred might include the design review canvas, brand asset project, campaign dashboard, and frequent collaborator profiles.

For a launch team, Starred might include the launch project, calendar view, campaign canvas, QA dashboard, and retrospective canvas.

Keep the list practical. Starred should feel like a working shelf, not a second search index.