Feature Request: "Star" Favorites system (The 70% Usability Rule)

[sneg-ok]

Hi WLED Team!

WLED is an amazing piece of engineering, but it has a growing usability problem. With nearly 200 effects, the interface has become a "wall of text" that scares away non-technical users.

The Reality Check: > Only about 30% of users are "power users" who enjoy digging into Presets. The other 70% (kids, partners, guests, "non-techies") just want to find a nice effect and stick to it. Currently, they have to scroll through a massive, non-intuitive list every single time.

The Proposal: One-Click Favorites

A small "Star" icon next to every Effect and Palette.

A "Show Favorites Only" toggle switch at the top of the list.

Why Presets are NOT the answer:
Presets feel like "programming," while clicking a star feels like "using an app." For a user with a 16x16 matrix, finding the 10 effects that actually look good and saving them with one click would be a game-changer.

Let's make the UI as brilliant as the light effects!

Best regards,
A DIY enthusiast from Ukraine.

[blazoncek]

Not what you are requesting but a workaround when effect list seem intimidating.

Create skin.css in WLED's file system and add:

div#fxlist [data-id="60"] { display: none; }
div#fxlist [data-id="93"] { display: none; }
div#fxlist [data-id="24"] { display: none; }
...

Replace IDs with actual IDs you want to hide.
If you are clever you can tweak CSS to hide effects using their metadata.

[netmindz]

While yes presets can use complex JSON, the default behaviour you should see is that once you have selected an effect, then you should be able to just click save and give it a name to create a present. That doesn't feel like programming to me, that feels just the same as saving a scene if Phillips Hue

I do agree however the lists for both effects and palettes are daunting

There is already an issue open for a total redesign if how to group effects together to use things like categories