diff --git a/api/src/Etemplate/Widget/Vfs.php b/api/src/Etemplate/Widget/Vfs.php
index eb90c6084c..a7b33bd65e 100644
--- a/api/src/Etemplate/Widget/Vfs.php
+++ b/api/src/Etemplate/Widget/Vfs.php
@@ -518,6 +518,7 @@ class Vfs extends File
 			'createdir' => !\EGroupware\Api\Vfs::is_writable($content['path']),
 			'upload_file' => !\EGroupware\Api\Vfs::is_writable($content['path']) ||
 			!in_array($content['mode'],array('open', 'open-multiple')),
+			'favorites' => !isset($GLOBALS['egw_info']['apps']['stylite'])
 		));
 
 		$sel_options = array_merge($sel_options, array(
@@ -651,8 +652,7 @@ class Vfs extends File
 	 */
 	static function get_apps()
 	{
-		$apps = array(false);	// index starting from 1
-		if (isset($GLOBALS['egw_info']['apps']['stylite'])) $apps = array('favorites' => lang('Favorites'));
+		$apps = array();
 		$apps += \EGroupware\Api\Link::app_list('query');
 		// they do NOT support adding files to VFS
 		unset($apps['addressbook-email'], $apps['mydms'], $apps['wiki'],
diff --git a/api/templates/default/vfsSelectUI.xet b/api/templates/default/vfsSelectUI.xet
index e2a89ff67a..f201f0d325 100644
--- a/api/templates/default/vfsSelectUI.xet
+++ b/api/templates/default/vfsSelectUI.xet
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 					<box class="et2_toolbar et2_fullWidth">
 						<buttononly statustext="Go to your home directory" id="home" onclick="app.vfsSelectUI.do_action('home', widget)" image="gohome" background_image="1"/>
 						<buttononly statustext="Up" id="up" onclick="app.vfsSelectUI.change_dir('..', widget);" image="goup" background_image="1"/>
+						<buttononly statustext="Favorites" id="favorites" onclick="app.vfsSelectUI.change_dir('/apps/favorites', widget);" image="fav_filter" background_image="1"/>
 						<select width="175" id="app" empty_label="Applications" no_lang="1" onchange="app.vfsSelectUI.do_action('app', widget)"/>
 						<buttononly statustext="Create directory" id="createdir" class="createDir" onclick="app.vfsSelectUI.createdir" image="button_createdir" ro_image="createdir_disabled" background_image="1"/>
 						<file id='upload_file' statustext="upload file" progress_dropdownlist = "true" multiple="true" onFinish="app.vfsSelectUI.storeFile"/>