diff --git a/packages/studio/src/utils/studioUiPreferences.test.ts b/packages/studio/src/utils/studioUiPreferences.test.ts
index 5e335cf5d..56563aa97 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/utils/studioUiPreferences.test.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/utils/studioUiPreferences.test.ts
@@ -88,3 +88,48 @@ describe("timeline zoom pin persistence", () => {
     expect(prefs.timelineManualZoomPercent).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });
+
+function fakeStorage(): Storage {
+  const map = new Map<string, string>();
+  return {
+    getItem: (k) => map.get(k) ?? null,
+    setItem: (k, v) => void map.set(k, v),
+    removeItem: (k) => void map.delete(k),
+    clear: () => map.clear(),
+    key: () => null,
+    get length() {
+      return map.size;
+    },
+  } as Storage;
+}
+
+describe("pinnedGroupsByElementType", () => {
+  it("round-trips a per-element-type pin map", () => {
+    const storage = fakeStorage();
+    writeStudioUiPreferences(
+      { pinnedGroupsByElementType: { text: ["motion"], media: ["grade"] } },
+      storage,
+    );
+    const read = readStudioUiPreferences(storage);
+    expect(read.pinnedGroupsByElementType).toEqual({ text: ["motion"], media: ["grade"] });
+  });
+
+  it("ignores a malformed pinnedGroupsByElementType (non-object, or non-string-array values)", () => {
+    const storage = fakeStorage();
+    storage.setItem(
+      "hf-studio-ui-preferences",
+      JSON.stringify({ pinnedGroupsByElementType: { text: "not-an-array", media: [1, 2] } }),
+    );
+    const read = readStudioUiPreferences(storage);
+    expect(read.pinnedGroupsByElementType).toEqual({ media: [] });
+  });
+
+  it("merges a pin-map patch without clobbering other preferences", () => {
+    const storage = fakeStorage();
+    writeStudioUiPreferences({ audioMuted: true }, storage);
+    writeStudioUiPreferences({ pinnedGroupsByElementType: { text: ["style"] } }, storage);
+    const read = readStudioUiPreferences(storage);
+    expect(read.audioMuted).toBe(true);
+    expect(read.pinnedGroupsByElementType).toEqual({ text: ["style"] });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/studio/src/utils/studioUiPreferences.ts b/packages/studio/src/utils/studioUiPreferences.ts
index 6548a58eb..951b7830f 100644
--- a/packages/studio/src/utils/studioUiPreferences.ts
+++ b/packages/studio/src/utils/studioUiPreferences.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ export interface StudioUiPreferences {
   timelineZoomMode?: "fit" | "manual";
   /** Manual timeline zoom percent, paired with `timelineZoomMode: "manual"`. */
   timelineManualZoomPercent?: number;
+  pinnedGroupsByElementType?: Record<string, string[]>;
 }
 
 const STUDIO_UI_PREFERENCES_KEY = "hf-studio-ui-preferences";
@@ -115,6 +116,15 @@ function readStorage(storage: Storage | null): StudioUiPreferences {
     ) {
       preferences.timelineManualZoomPercent = parsed.timelineManualZoomPercent;
     }
+    if (isRecord(parsed.pinnedGroupsByElementType)) {
+      const map: Record<string, string[]> = {};
+      for (const [kind, ids] of Object.entries(parsed.pinnedGroupsByElementType)) {
+        if (Array.isArray(ids)) {
+          map[kind] = ids.filter((id): id is string => typeof id === "string");
+        }
+      }
+      preferences.pinnedGroupsByElementType = map;
+    }
     return preferences;
   } catch {
     return {};