diff --git a/frontend/js/enhance.js b/frontend/js/enhance.js
index 45540c5..17919cb 100644
--- a/frontend/js/enhance.js
+++ b/frontend/js/enhance.js
@@ -151,6 +151,26 @@ App.enhance = App.enhance || {};
                 if (App.virtualGrid && App.virtualGrid.relayout) App.virtualGrid.relayout();
             }});
             out.push({ label: 'Toggle Reels view', hint: 'Playback', run: () => { if (App.feed) App.feed.toggle(); } });
+
+            // The favorites bar carries these controls, but it can be switched
+            // off in settings -- in which case the palette is the way in.
+            if (App.favoritesView && App.favorites) {
+                const browsing = App.favoritesView.isActive();
+                out.push({
+                    label: browsing ? 'Back to videos' : 'Browse favorites',
+                    hint: browsing ? 'Leave the favorites grid' : 'All favorites as a grid',
+                    run: () => App.favoritesView.toggle()
+                });
+                const currentSort = App.favorites.getSort();
+                App.favorites.SORTS.forEach((sort) => {
+                    if (sort.id === currentSort) return;
+                    out.push({
+                        label: `Sort favorites: ${sort.label}`,
+                        hint: 'Favorites',
+                        run: () => App.favoritesView.applySort(sort.id)
+                    });
+                });
+            }
             out.push({ label: 'Reload channel', hint: 'Refresh the current feed', run: () => { if (App.videos) App.videos.resetAndReload(); } });
             out.push({ label: 'Open Menu', hint: 'Source · channel · filters', run: () => { if (App.ui) App.ui.toggleDrawer('menu'); } });
             out.push({ label: 'Open Settings', hint: 'Preferences', run: () => { if (App.ui) App.ui.toggleDrawer('settings'); } });
diff --git a/frontend/js/favorites.js b/frontend/js/favorites.js
index 21d883a..2862614 100644
--- a/frontend/js/favorites.js
+++ b/frontend/js/favorites.js
@@ -289,7 +289,10 @@ App.favorites = App.favorites || {};
         list.innerHTML = "";
         barPage.items = favorites;
         barPage.rendered = 0;
-        appendBarPage(list);
+        // While the favorites grid is open the strip is hidden -- the grid is
+        // the same list, larger -- so don't build cards nobody can see. The
+        // header stays, because it carries the way back out.
+        if (!browsing) appendBarPage(list);
 
         // Assignment rather than addEventListener: renderBar runs on every
         // favorite change, and this must not stack up handlers.
diff --git a/frontend/js/favoritesView.js b/frontend/js/favoritesView.js
index a44d517..90f8cda 100644
--- a/frontend/js/favoritesView.js
+++ b/frontend/js/favoritesView.js
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ App.favoritesView = App.favoritesView || {};
         view.offset = 0;
         state.hasNextPage = true;
         document.body.classList.add('favorites-view-open');
+        // Re-render the bar so it re-decides whether to be mounted: hidden in
+        // settings or not, its header has to be on screen now, since that's
+        // where the way back out lives (the palette can open this view too).
+        App.favorites.renderBar();
         App.favoritesView.syncControls();
         App.favoritesView.loadNext();
         window.scrollTo({ top: 0, behavior: 'auto' });
@@ -71,6 +75,8 @@ App.favoritesView = App.favoritesView || {};
         view.queue = [];
         view.offset = 0;
         document.body.classList.remove('favorites-view-open');
+        // Back to whatever the settings say, and with its cards built again.
+        App.favorites.renderBar();
         App.favoritesView.syncControls();
         // Back to the channel listing, unless the caller is about to load
         // something itself (a search, a channel switch).