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 To add an action, edit your macro, click the New Action button, or equivalently the BUTTON{{{+}}} button below the detail view.  This will show the lists of possible actions.
-To see all actions, select the CODE{{{All Actions}}} category.  To select just your favorite actions, select the CODE{{{Favorites}}} category.  You can drag actions into your Favorites category.  To see plug in actions that you have added to Keyboard Maestro, select the CODE{{{Third Party Plug Ins}}} category.
+To see all actions, select the CODE{{{All Actions}}} category.  To see plug in actions that you have added to Keyboard Maestro, select the CODE{{{Third Party Plug Ins}}} category.
+To select just your favorite actions, select the CODE{{{Favorites}}} category.  You can drag actions from your macro into your Favorites category, or control or right click on an action to add it to your favorites. Favorite actions will retain all the settings of the actions. You can delete favorite action in the action selector, or from the Add Action by Name window.
 Double click or drag one or more of the actions to add them to the action list for the currently edited macro.
-Alternatively, choose the [[Menus#Insert_Action_by_Name|Edit ➤ Insert Action by Name menu]] and quickly search for and add an action by name, or choose from the [[Menus#Insert_Action |Edit ➤ Insert Action by Name menu]].
+Alternatively, choose the [[Menus#Insert_Action_by_Name|Edit ➤ Insert Action by Name menu]] and quickly search for and add an action by name, or choose from the [[Menus#Insert_Action |Edit ➤ Insert Action by Name menu]]. These will also include any favorite actions you have configured. If you hold the shift key down the action will be inserted above the currently selected action.
 You can drag Macro Groups or Macros into the action list.  With no modifiers, this will create an Execute Macro Action or Show Macro Group action.  With the Option key, this will copy in the macro's actions.  With Command-Shift, this will create an Enable Macro Group or Macro action.  With Option-Shift, this will create a Mark the Macro action.
 You can drag a file into the action list.  This will create an Activate Application, Execute Script, or Open File action.
+You can use control-up/down arrow to move the selected action up or down in the list, as well as command-control arrows to move the selected action to start or end of the list.
 You can use the [[Menus#Engroup|Engroup]] or [[Menus#Degroup|Degroup]] from the [[Menus#Actions|Actions menu]] to enclose actions in other containers (or remove them from containers).

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