diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index a5360c3969a..c76673efd98 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -952,6 +952,7 @@ playwright.storybook.config.ts @grafana/grafana-frontend-platform
 /public/app/features/variables/ @grafana/dashboards-squad
 /public/app/features/preferences/ @grafana/grafana-frontend-platform
 /public/app/features/bookmarks/ @grafana/grafana-search-navigate-organise
+/public/app/plugins/panel/* @grafana/dataviz-squad
 /public/app/plugins/panel/alertlist/ @grafana/alerting-frontend
 /public/app/plugins/panel/annolist/ @grafana/dashboards-squad
 /public/app/plugins/panel/barchart/ @grafana/dataviz-squad
diff --git a/eslint-suppressions.json b/eslint-suppressions.json
index 0786a4e35a6..92ab37a2efd 100644
--- a/eslint-suppressions.json
+++ b/eslint-suppressions.json
@@ -4476,11 +4476,6 @@
       "count": 2
     }
   },
-  "public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/DashList.tsx": {
-    "no-restricted-syntax": {
-      "count": 2
-    }
-  },
   "public/app/plugins/panel/debug/CursorView.tsx": {
     "@typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions": {
       "count": 1
diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index a00588a17db..4aa4e15a0f9 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const commonTestIgnores = [
   '**/__mocks__/**',
   '**/mocks/**/*.{ts,tsx}',
   '**/public/test/**',
-  '**/mocks.{ts,tsx}',
+  '**/{mocks,test-utils}.{ts,tsx}',
   '**/*.mock.{ts,tsx}',
   '**/{test-helpers,testHelpers}.{ts,tsx}',
   '**/{spec,test-helpers}/**/*.{ts,tsx}',
diff --git a/packages/grafana-test-utils/src/handlers/all-handlers.ts b/packages/grafana-test-utils/src/handlers/all-handlers.ts
index 4b4bf959496..b3b70fbd4cc 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-test-utils/src/handlers/all-handlers.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-test-utils/src/handlers/all-handlers.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { HttpHandler } from 'msw';
 import folderHandlers from './api/folders/handlers';
 import searchHandlers from './api/search/handlers';
 import teamsHandlers from './api/teams/handlers';
+import userHandlers from './api/user/handlers';
 import appPlatformDashboardv0alpha1Handlers from './apis/dashboard.grafana.app/v0alpha1/handlers';
 import appPlatformFolderv1beta1Handlers from './apis/folder.grafana.app/v1beta1/handlers';
 import appPlatformIamv0alpha1Handlers from './apis/iam.grafana.app/v0alpha1/handlers';
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ const allHandlers: HttpHandler[] = [
   ...teamsHandlers,
   ...folderHandlers,
   ...searchHandlers,
+  ...userHandlers,
 
   // App platform handlers
   ...appPlatformDashboardv0alpha1Handlers,
diff --git a/packages/grafana-test-utils/src/handlers/api/search/handlers.ts b/packages/grafana-test-utils/src/handlers/api/search/handlers.ts
index f8f0a0d6b4e..84cda34bb0c 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-test-utils/src/handlers/api/search/handlers.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-test-utils/src/handlers/api/search/handlers.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Chance } from 'chance';
 import { HttpResponse, http } from 'msw';
 
 import { wellFormedTree } from '../../../fixtures/folders';
+import { mockStarredDashboards } from '../user/handlers';
 
 import { SORT_OPTIONS } from './constants';
 
@@ -22,9 +23,19 @@ const getLegacySearchHandler = () =>
     const typeFilter = new URL(request.url).searchParams.get('type') || null;
     // Workaround for the fixture kind being 'dashboard' instead of 'dash-db'
     const mappedTypeFilter = typeFilter === 'dash-db' ? 'dashboard' : typeFilter;
+    const starredFilter = new URL(request.url).searchParams.get('starred') || null;
+
     const response = mockTree
       .filter((filterItem) => {
-        const filters: FilterArray = [];
+        const filters: FilterArray = [
+          // Filter UI items out of fixtures as... they're UI items 🤷
+          ({ item }) => item.kind !== 'ui',
+        ];
+
+        if (starredFilter) {
+          filters.push(({ item }) => mockStarredDashboards.includes(item.uid));
+        }
+
         if (folderFilter && folderFilter !== 'general') {
           filters.push(
             ({ item }) => (item.kind === 'folder' || item.kind === 'dashboard') && item.parentUID === folderFilter
diff --git a/packages/grafana-test-utils/src/handlers/api/user/handlers.ts b/packages/grafana-test-utils/src/handlers/api/user/handlers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..90a7ebe049a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/grafana-test-utils/src/handlers/api/user/handlers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { HttpResponse, http } from 'msw';
+
+import { wellFormedTree } from '../../../fixtures/folders';
+
+const [_, { folderA_dashbdD, dashbdD }] = wellFormedTree();
+
+export const mockStarredDashboards = [dashbdD.item.uid, folderA_dashbdD.item.uid];
+
+const getStarsHandler = () =>
+  http.get('/api/user/stars', async () => {
+    return HttpResponse.json(mockStarredDashboards);
+  });
+
+const deleteDashboardStarHandler = () =>
+  http.delete('/api/user/stars/dashboard/uid/:uid', async () => {
+    return HttpResponse.json({ message: 'Dashboard unstarred' });
+  });
+
+const addDashboardStarHandler = () =>
+  http.post('/api/user/stars/dashboard/uid/:uid', async () => {
+    return HttpResponse.json({ message: 'Dashboard starred!' });
+  });
+
+const handlers = [getStarsHandler(), deleteDashboardStarHandler(), addDashboardStarHandler()];
+
+export default handlers;
diff --git a/packages/grafana-test-utils/src/handlers/apis/dashboard.grafana.app/v0alpha1/handlers.ts b/packages/grafana-test-utils/src/handlers/apis/dashboard.grafana.app/v0alpha1/handlers.ts
index 469cc4316bd..f6d079755c5 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-test-utils/src/handlers/apis/dashboard.grafana.app/v0alpha1/handlers.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-test-utils/src/handlers/apis/dashboard.grafana.app/v0alpha1/handlers.ts
@@ -12,50 +12,69 @@ const typeMap: Record<string, string> = {
   dashboard: 'dashboards',
 };
 
+const typeFilterMap: Record<string, string> = {
+  folders: 'folder',
+};
+
 const getSearchHandler = () =>
   http.get('/apis/dashboard.grafana.app/v0alpha1/namespaces/:namespace/search', ({ request }) => {
+    const limitFilter = new URL(request.url).searchParams.get('limit') || null;
     const folderFilter = new URL(request.url).searchParams.get('folder') || null;
     const typeFilter = new URL(request.url).searchParams.get('type') || null;
-    const response = mockTree
-      .filter((filterItem) => {
-        const filters: FilterArray = [];
+    const nameFilter = new URL(request.url).searchParams.getAll('name');
+    const mappedTypeFilter = typeFilter ? typeFilterMap[typeFilter] || typeFilter : null;
 
-        if (typeFilter) {
-          filters.push(({ item }) => item.kind === typeFilter);
-        }
+    const filtered = mockTree.filter((filterItem) => {
+      const filters: FilterArray = [
+        // Filter UI items out of fixtures as... they're UI items 🤷
+        ({ item }) => item.kind !== 'ui',
+      ];
 
-        if (folderFilter && folderFilter !== 'general') {
-          filters.push(
-            ({ item }) => (item.kind === 'folder' || item.kind === 'dashboard') && item.parentUID === folderFilter
-          );
-        }
+      if (nameFilter.length > 0) {
+        const filteredNameFilter = nameFilter.filter((name) => name !== 'general');
+        filters.push(({ item }) => filteredNameFilter.includes(item.uid));
+      }
 
-        if (folderFilter === 'general') {
-          filters.push(
-            ({ item }) => (item.kind === 'folder' || item.kind === 'dashboard') && item.parentUID === undefined
-          );
-        }
+      if (typeFilter) {
+        filters.push(({ item }) => item.kind === mappedTypeFilter);
+      }
 
-        return filters.every((filterPredicate) => filterPredicate(filterItem));
-      })
+      if (folderFilter && folderFilter !== 'general') {
+        filters.push(
+          ({ item }) => (item.kind === 'folder' || item.kind === 'dashboard') && item.parentUID === folderFilter
+        );
+      }
 
-      .map(({ item }) => {
-        const random = Chance(item.uid);
-        return {
-          resource: typeMap[item.kind],
-          name: item.uid,
-          title: item.title,
-          field: {
-            // Generate mock deprecated IDs only in the mock handlers - not generating in
-            // mock data as it would require updating/tracking in the types as well
-            'grafana.app/deprecatedInternalID': random.integer({ min: 1, max: 1000 }),
-          },
-        };
-      });
+      if (folderFilter === 'general') {
+        filters.push(
+          ({ item }) => (item.kind === 'folder' || item.kind === 'dashboard') && item.parentUID === undefined
+        );
+      }
+
+      return filters.every((filterPredicate) => filterPredicate(filterItem));
+    });
+
+    const mapped = filtered.map(({ item }) => {
+      const random = Chance(item.uid);
+      const parentFolder = 'parentUID' in item ? item.parentUID : undefined;
+      return {
+        resource: typeMap[item.kind],
+        name: item.uid,
+        title: item.title,
+        folder: parentFolder,
+        field: {
+          // Generate mock deprecated IDs only in the mock handlers - not generating in
+          // mock data as it would require updating/tracking in the types as well
+          'grafana.app/deprecatedInternalID': random.integer({ min: 1, max: 1000 }),
+        },
+      };
+    });
+
+    const sliced = limitFilter ? mapped.slice(0, parseInt(limitFilter, 10)) : mapped;
 
     return HttpResponse.json({
-      totalHits: response.length,
-      hits: response,
+      totalHits: sliced.length,
+      hits: sliced,
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/service/bluge.ts b/public/app/features/search/service/bluge.ts
index 15c3f0d7119..48399a5929c 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/service/bluge.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/search/service/bluge.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ export class BlugeSearcher implements GrafanaSearcher {
     return [];
   }
 
+  async getLocationInfo() {
+    // TODO: Implement location info, or deprecate this entire file(?)
+    return {};
+  }
+
   // This should eventually be filled by an API call, but hardcoded is a good start
   getSortOptions(): Promise<SelectableValue[]> {
     const opts: SelectableValue[] = [
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/service/dummy.ts b/public/app/features/search/service/dummy.ts
index d014fd22c6a..fe805bbe33a 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/service/dummy.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/search/service/dummy.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { SelectableValue, DataFrame, DataFrameView } from '@grafana/data';
 import { TermCount } from 'app/core/components/TagFilter/TagFilter';
 
-import { GrafanaSearcher, QueryResponse, SearchQuery } from './types';
+import { GrafanaSearcher, LocationInfo, QueryResponse, SearchQuery } from './types';
 
 // This is a dummy search useful for tests
 export class DummySearcher implements GrafanaSearcher {
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export class DummySearcher implements GrafanaSearcher {
   expectedStarsResponse: QueryResponse | undefined;
   expectedSortResponse: SelectableValue[] = [];
   expectedTagsResponse: TermCount[] = [];
+  expectedLocationInfoResponse: Record<string, LocationInfo> = {};
 
   setExpectedSearchResult(result: DataFrame) {
     this.expectedSearchResponse = {
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ export class DummySearcher implements GrafanaSearcher {
     return Promise.resolve(this.expectedTagsResponse);
   }
 
+  async getLocationInfo(): Promise<Record<string, LocationInfo>> {
+    return Promise.resolve(this.expectedLocationInfoResponse);
+  }
+
   getFolderViewSort(): string {
     return '';
   }
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/service/frontend.ts b/public/app/features/search/service/frontend.ts
index 11634988f7a..b926d0c2cb2 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/service/frontend.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/search/service/frontend.ts
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ export class FrontendSearcher implements GrafanaSearcher {
     return this.parent.tags(query);
   }
 
+  async getLocationInfo() {
+    return this.parent.getLocationInfo();
+  }
+
   getFolderViewSort(): string {
     return this.parent.getFolderViewSort();
   }
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/service/sql.ts b/public/app/features/search/service/sql.ts
index ba0dbc9c894..137fee41620 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/service/sql.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/search/service/sql.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ export class SQLSearcher implements GrafanaSearcher {
     return terms.sort((a, b) => b.count - a.count);
   }
 
+  async getLocationInfo() {
+    return this.locationInfo;
+  }
+
   async doAPIQuery(query: APIQuery): Promise<QueryResponse> {
     let rsp: DashboardSearchHit[];
 
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/service/types.ts b/public/app/features/search/service/types.ts
index cd043a2f8fe..6617bb284f9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/service/types.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/search/service/types.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ export interface GrafanaSearcher {
   tags: (query: SearchQuery) => Promise<TermCount[]>;
   getSortOptions: () => Promise<SelectableValue[]>;
   sortPlaceholder?: string;
+  getLocationInfo: () => Promise<Record<string, LocationInfo>>;
 
   /** Gets the default sort used for the Folder view */
   getFolderViewSort: () => string;
diff --git a/public/app/features/search/service/unified.ts b/public/app/features/search/service/unified.ts
index 272881a478a..c0514db43f9 100644
--- a/public/app/features/search/service/unified.ts
+++ b/public/app/features/search/service/unified.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ export class UnifiedSearcher implements GrafanaSearcher {
     return resp.facets?.tags?.terms || [];
   }
 
+  async getLocationInfo() {
+    return this.locationInfo;
+  }
+
   // TODO: Implement this correctly
   getSortOptions(): Promise<SelectableValue[]> {
     const opts: SelectableValue[] = [
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/DashList.test.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/DashList.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d1febc53817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/DashList.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+import { render, screen } from 'test/test-utils';
+
+import { setBackendSrv } from '@grafana/runtime';
+import { setupMockServer } from '@grafana/test-utils/server';
+import { getFolderFixtures } from '@grafana/test-utils/unstable';
+import { backendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
+import impressionSrv from 'app/core/services/impression_srv';
+import { testWithFeatureToggles } from 'app/features/alerting/unified/test/test-utils';
+
+import { getPanelProps } from '../test-utils';
+
+import { DashList } from './DashList';
+import { Options } from './panelcfg.gen';
+
+const [_, { folderA, folderA_dashbdD, dashbdE }] = getFolderFixtures();
+
+setBackendSrv(backendSrv);
+setupMockServer();
+
+const defaultOptions: Options = {
+  includeVars: false,
+  keepTime: false,
+  maxItems: 10,
+  query: '*',
+  showFolderNames: false,
+  showHeadings: false,
+  showRecentlyViewed: false,
+  showSearch: false,
+  showStarred: false,
+  tags: [],
+};
+
+const findStarButton = (title: string, isStarred: boolean) =>
+  screen.findByRole('button', { name: new RegExp(`^${isStarred ? 'unmark' : 'mark'} "${title}" as favorite`, 'i') });
+
+describe.each([
+  // App platform APIs
+  true,
+  // Legacy APIs
+  false,
+])('DashList - app platform APIs: %s', (featureTogglesEnabled) => {
+  testWithFeatureToggles(featureTogglesEnabled ? ['unifiedStorageSearchUI'] : []);
+
+  it('renders different groups of dashboards', async () => {
+    const props = getPanelProps({
+      ...defaultOptions,
+      showHeadings: true,
+      showRecentlyViewed: true,
+      showStarred: true,
+      showSearch: true,
+    });
+    render(<DashList {...props} />);
+
+    const headings = (await screen.findAllByRole('heading')).map((heading) => heading.textContent);
+    expect(headings).toEqual(['Starred dashboards', 'Recently viewed dashboards', 'Search']);
+  });
+
+  it('renders folder names', async () => {
+    const props = getPanelProps({ ...defaultOptions, showStarred: true, showFolderNames: true });
+    render(<DashList {...props} />);
+
+    // Based on the fixtures, we expect to see a dashboard that's contained in folderA
+    const [folderTitle] = await screen.findAllByText(folderA.item.title);
+    expect(folderTitle).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('renders empty state', async () => {
+    const props = getPanelProps({
+      ...defaultOptions,
+      showStarred: false,
+      showRecentlyViewed: false,
+      showSearch: false,
+    });
+    render(<DashList {...props} />);
+
+    expect(await screen.findByText('No dashboard groups configured')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('allows un-starring a dashboard', async () => {
+    const props = getPanelProps({
+      ...defaultOptions,
+      showStarred: true,
+    });
+    const { user } = render(<DashList {...props} />, {
+      preloadedState: { navIndex: { starred: { text: 'Starred', children: [] } } },
+    });
+
+    const starButton = await findStarButton(folderA_dashbdD.item.title, true);
+
+    await user.click(starButton);
+
+    expect(screen.queryByText(folderA_dashbdD.item.title)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('allows starring a dashboard', async () => {
+    const props = getPanelProps({
+      ...defaultOptions,
+      showStarred: true,
+      showSearch: true,
+    });
+
+    const { user } = render(<DashList {...props} />, {
+      preloadedState: { navIndex: { starred: { text: 'Starred', children: [] } } },
+    });
+
+    const starButton = await findStarButton(dashbdE.item.title, false);
+
+    await user.click(starButton);
+
+    // We use `findAll` because the dashboard will appear in two sections (starred and search)
+    // but this is fine, because there will have been none before starring it
+    const [unmarkButton] = await screen.findAllByRole('button', {
+      name: new RegExp(`^unmark "${dashbdE.item.title}" as favorite`, 'i'),
+    });
+    expect(unmarkButton).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it('shows recently viewed dashboards', async () => {
+    impressionSrv.addDashboardImpression(dashbdE.item.uid);
+    const props = getPanelProps({
+      ...defaultOptions,
+      showRecentlyViewed: true,
+    });
+    render(<DashList {...props} />);
+
+    expect(await screen.findByText(dashbdE.item.title)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/DashList.tsx b/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/DashList.tsx
index d997bcb36a6..76ee1497a9e 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/DashList.tsx
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/DashList.tsx
@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@ import { SyntheticEvent, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { useThrottle } from 'react-use';
 
 import { InterpolateFunction, PanelProps, textUtil } from '@grafana/data';
+import { t } from '@grafana/i18n';
 import { config } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { useStyles2, IconButton, ScrollContainer } from '@grafana/ui';
-import { updateNavIndex } from 'app/core/actions';
+import { useStyles2, IconButton, ScrollContainer, Box, Text, EmptyState, Link } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { getConfig } from 'app/core/config';
 import { ID_PREFIX, setStarred } from 'app/core/reducers/navBarTree';
-import { removeNavIndex } from 'app/core/reducers/navModel';
-import { getBackendSrv } from 'app/core/services/backend_srv';
+import { removeNavIndex, updateNavIndex } from 'app/core/reducers/navModel';
 import impressionSrv from 'app/core/services/impression_srv';
 import { getDashboardSrv } from 'app/features/dashboard/services/DashboardSrv';
-import { DashboardSearchItem } from 'app/features/search/types';
+import { getGrafanaSearcher } from 'app/features/search/service/searcher';
+import { DashboardQueryResult, LocationInfo, QueryResponse, SearchQuery } from 'app/features/search/service/types';
 import { StarToolbarButtonApiServer } from 'app/features/stars/StarToolbarButton';
 import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'app/types/store';
 
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ import { Options } from './panelcfg.gen';
 import { getStyles } from './styles';
 import { useDashListUrlParams } from './utils';
 
-type Dashboard = DashboardSearchItem & { id?: number; isSearchResult?: boolean; isRecent?: boolean };
+type Dashboard = DashboardQueryResult & {
+  isSearchResult?: boolean;
+  isRecent?: boolean;
+  isStarred?: boolean;
+};
 
 interface DashboardGroup {
   show: boolean;
@@ -29,73 +33,94 @@ interface DashboardGroup {
 }
 
 async function fetchDashboards(options: Options, replaceVars: InterpolateFunction) {
-  let starredDashboards: Promise<DashboardSearchItem[]> = Promise.resolve([]);
+  const searcher = getGrafanaSearcher();
+  let starredDashboards: Promise<QueryResponse | void> = Promise.resolve();
+  let recentDashboards: Promise<QueryResponse | void> = Promise.resolve();
+  let searchedDashboards: Promise<QueryResponse | void> = Promise.resolve();
 
   if (options.showStarred) {
-    const params = { limit: options.maxItems, starred: 'true' };
-    starredDashboards = getBackendSrv().search(params);
+    const params: SearchQuery = { limit: options.maxItems, starred: true };
+    starredDashboards = searcher.starred(params);
   }
 
-  let recentDashboards: Promise<DashboardSearchItem[]> = Promise.resolve([]);
   let dashUIDs: string[] = [];
   if (options.showRecentlyViewed) {
     let uids = await impressionSrv.getDashboardOpened();
     dashUIDs = take<string>(uids, options.maxItems);
-    recentDashboards = getBackendSrv().search({ dashboardUIDs: dashUIDs, limit: options.maxItems });
+
+    recentDashboards = searcher.search({ uid: dashUIDs, limit: options.maxItems, kind: ['dashboard'] });
   }
 
-  let searchedDashboards: Promise<DashboardSearchItem[]> = Promise.resolve([]);
   if (options.showSearch) {
     const uid = options.folderUID === '' ? 'general' : options.folderUID;
-    const params = {
+    const params: SearchQuery = {
       limit: options.maxItems,
       query: replaceVars(options.query, {}, 'text'),
-      folderUIDs: uid,
-      tag: options.tags.map((tag: string) => replaceVars(tag, {}, 'text')),
-      type: 'dash-db',
+      location: uid,
+      tags: options.tags.map((tag: string) => replaceVars(tag, {}, 'text')),
+      kind: ['dashboard'],
     };
 
-    searchedDashboards = getBackendSrv().search(params);
+    searchedDashboards = searcher.search(params);
   }
 
-  const [starred, searched, recent] = await Promise.all([starredDashboards, searchedDashboards, recentDashboards]);
+  const [starred, searched, recent] = await Promise.allSettled([
+    starredDashboards,
+    searchedDashboards,
+    recentDashboards,
+  ]);
 
   // We deliberately deal with recent dashboards first so that the order of dash IDs is preserved
-  let dashMap = new Map<string, Dashboard>();
-  for (const dashUID of dashUIDs) {
-    const dash = recent.find((d) => d.uid === dashUID);
-    if (dash) {
-      dashMap.set(dashUID, { ...dash, isRecent: true });
+  let dashMap = new Map<string, DashboardQueryResult>();
+  if (recent && recent.status === 'fulfilled') {
+    for (const dashUID of dashUIDs) {
+      const dash = recent.value?.view.find((d: DashboardQueryResult): d is DashboardQueryResult => {
+        return d.uid === dashUID;
+      });
+      if (dash) {
+        dashMap.set(dashUID, { ...dash, title: dash.name, isRecent: true });
+      }
     }
   }
 
-  searched.forEach((dash) => {
-    if (!dash.uid) {
-      return;
-    }
-    if (dashMap.has(dash.uid)) {
-      dashMap.get(dash.uid)!.isSearchResult = true;
-    } else {
-      dashMap.set(dash.uid, { ...dash, isSearchResult: true });
-    }
-  });
+  if (searched && searched.status === 'fulfilled') {
+    searched?.value?.view.forEach((dash) => {
+      if (!dash.uid) {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (dashMap.has(dash.uid)) {
+        dashMap.get(dash.uid)!.isSearchResult = true;
+      } else {
+        dashMap.set(dash.uid, { ...dash, isSearchResult: true });
+      }
+    });
+  }
 
-  starred.forEach((dash) => {
-    if (!dash.uid) {
-      return;
-    }
-    if (dashMap.has(dash.uid)) {
-      dashMap.get(dash.uid)!.isStarred = true;
-    } else {
-      dashMap.set(dash.uid, { ...dash, isStarred: true });
-    }
-  });
+  if (starred && starred.status === 'fulfilled') {
+    starred?.value?.view.forEach((dash) => {
+      if (!dash.uid) {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (dashMap.has(dash.uid)) {
+        dashMap.get(dash.uid)!.isStarred = true;
+      } else {
+        dashMap.set(dash.uid, { ...dash, isStarred: true });
+      }
+    });
+  }
 
   return dashMap;
 }
 
+async function fetchDashboardFolders() {
+  return getGrafanaSearcher().getLocationInfo();
+}
+
+const collator = new Intl.Collator();
+
 export function DashList(props: PanelProps<Options>) {
   const [dashboards, setDashboards] = useState(new Map<string, Dashboard>());
+  const [foldersTitleMap, setFoldersTitleMap] = useState<Record<string, LocationInfo>>({});
   const dispatch = useDispatch();
   const navIndex = useSelector((state) => state.navIndex);
 
@@ -107,22 +132,30 @@ export function DashList(props: PanelProps<Options>) {
     });
   }, [props.options, props.replaceVariables, throttledRenderCount]);
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (props.options.showFolderNames && dashboards.size > 0) {
+      fetchDashboardFolders().then((locationInfo) => {
+        setFoldersTitleMap(locationInfo);
+      });
+    }
+  }, [props.options.showFolderNames, dashboards]);
+
   const toggleDashboardStar = async (e: SyntheticEvent, dash: Dashboard) => {
-    const { uid, title, url } = dash;
+    const { uid, name, url } = dash;
     e.preventDefault();
     e.stopPropagation();
 
-    const isStarred = await getDashboardSrv().starDashboard(dash.uid, dash.isStarred);
+    const isStarred = await getDashboardSrv().starDashboard(dash.uid, Boolean(dash.isStarred));
     const updatedDashboards = new Map(dashboards);
     updatedDashboards.set(dash?.uid ?? '', { ...dash, isStarred });
     setDashboards(updatedDashboards);
-    dispatch(setStarred({ id: uid ?? '', title, url, isStarred }));
+    dispatch(setStarred({ id: uid ?? '', title: name, url, isStarred }));
 
-    const starredNavItem = navIndex['starred'];
+    const starredNavItem = navIndex.starred;
     if (isStarred) {
       starredNavItem.children?.push({
         id: ID_PREFIX + uid,
-        text: title,
+        text: name,
         url: url ?? '',
         parentItem: starredNavItem,
       });
@@ -138,10 +171,27 @@ export function DashList(props: PanelProps<Options>) {
 
   const [starredDashboards, recentDashboards, searchedDashboards] = useMemo(() => {
     const dashboardList = [...dashboards.values()];
+    const dashboardsGroupsMap: Record<string, Dashboard[]> = {
+      starred: [],
+      recent: [],
+      searched: [],
+    };
+
+    for (const dash of dashboardList) {
+      if (dash.isStarred) {
+        dashboardsGroupsMap.starred.push(dash);
+      }
+      if (dash.isRecent) {
+        dashboardsGroupsMap.recent.push(dash);
+      }
+      if (dash.isSearchResult) {
+        dashboardsGroupsMap.searched.push(dash);
+      }
+    }
     return [
-      dashboardList.filter((dash) => dash.isStarred).sort((a, b) => a.title.localeCompare(b.title)),
-      dashboardList.filter((dash) => dash.isRecent),
-      dashboardList.filter((dash) => dash.isSearchResult).sort((a, b) => a.title.localeCompare(b.title)),
+      dashboardsGroupsMap.starred.sort((a, b) => collator.compare(a.name, b.name)),
+      dashboardsGroupsMap.recent,
+      dashboardsGroupsMap.searched.sort((a, b) => collator.compare(a.name, b.name)),
     ];
   }, [dashboards]);
 
@@ -149,17 +199,17 @@ export function DashList(props: PanelProps<Options>) {
 
   const dashboardGroups: DashboardGroup[] = [
     {
-      header: 'Starred dashboards',
+      header: t('panel.dashlist.starred-dashboards', 'Starred dashboards'),
       dashboards: starredDashboards,
       show: showStarred,
     },
     {
-      header: 'Recently viewed dashboards',
+      header: t('panel.dashlist.recently-viewed-dashboards', 'Recently viewed dashboards'),
       dashboards: recentDashboards,
       show: showRecentlyViewed,
     },
     {
-      header: 'Search',
+      header: t('panel.dashlist.search', 'Search'),
       dashboards: searchedDashboards,
       show: showSearch,
     },
@@ -173,21 +223,30 @@ export function DashList(props: PanelProps<Options>) {
       {dashboards.map((dash) => {
         let url = dash.url + urlParams;
         url = getConfig().disableSanitizeHtml ? url : textUtil.sanitizeUrl(url);
+        const markAsStarredText = t('panel.dashlist.mark-as-starred', 'Mark "{{title}}" as favorite', {
+          title: dash.title,
+        });
+        const unmarkAsStarredText = t('panel.dashlist.unmark-as-starred', 'Unmark "{{title}}" as favorite', {
+          title: dash.title,
+        });
 
+        const locationInfo = showFolderNames && dash.location ? foldersTitleMap[dash.location] : undefined;
         return (
-          <li className={css.dashlistItem} key={`dash-${dash.uid}`}>
+          <li key={`dash-${dash.uid}`}>
             <div className={css.dashlistLink}>
-              <div className={css.dashlistLinkBody}>
-                <a className={css.dashlistTitle} href={url}>
-                  {dash.title}
-                </a>
-                {showFolderNames && dash.folderTitle && <div className={css.dashlistFolder}>{dash.folderTitle}</div>}
-              </div>
+              <Box flex={1}>
+                <Link href={url}>{dash.name}</Link>
+                {showFolderNames && locationInfo && (
+                  <Text color="secondary" variant="bodySmall" element="p">
+                    {locationInfo?.name}
+                  </Text>
+                )}
+              </Box>
               {config.featureToggles.starsFromAPIServer ? (
                 <StarToolbarButtonApiServer group="dashboard.grafana.app" kind="Dashboard" id={dash.uid ?? ''} />
               ) : (
                 <IconButton
-                  tooltip={dash.isStarred ? `Unmark "${dash.title}" as favorite` : `Mark "${dash.title}" as favorite`}
+                  tooltip={dash.isStarred ? unmarkAsStarredText : markAsStarredText}
                   name={dash.isStarred ? 'favorite' : 'star'}
                   iconType={dash.isStarred ? 'mono' : 'default'}
                   onClick={(e) => toggleDashboardStar(e, dash)}
@@ -200,15 +259,30 @@ export function DashList(props: PanelProps<Options>) {
     </ul>
   );
 
+  const showEmptyState = dashboardGroups.every(({ show }) => !show);
+
   return (
     <ScrollContainer minHeight="100%">
+      {showEmptyState && (
+        <EmptyState
+          hideImage
+          variant="call-to-action"
+          message={t('panel.dashlist.empty-state-message', 'No dashboard groups configured')}
+        />
+      )}
       {dashboardGroups.map(
         ({ show, header, dashboards }, i) =>
           show && (
-            <div className={css.dashlistSection} key={`dash-group-${i}`}>
-              {showHeadings && <h6 className={css.dashlistSectionHeader}>{header}</h6>}
+            <Box marginBottom={2} paddingTop={0.5} key={`dash-group-${i}`}>
+              {showHeadings && (
+                <Box marginRight={1} paddingX={1} paddingY={0.25}>
+                  <Text variant="h6" element="h6">
+                    {header}
+                  </Text>
+                </Box>
+              )}
               {renderList(dashboards)}
-            </div>
+            </Box>
           )
       )}
     </ScrollContainer>
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/styles.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/styles.ts
index 8d482d09960..56becdd0684 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/styles.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/dashlist/styles.ts
@@ -4,14 +4,6 @@ import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 
 export const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
   return {
-    dashlistSectionHeader: css({
-      padding: theme.spacing(0.25, 1),
-      marginRight: theme.spacing(1),
-    }),
-    dashlistSection: css({
-      marginBottom: theme.spacing(2),
-      paddingTop: theme.spacing(0.5),
-    }),
     dashlistLink: css({
       display: 'flex',
       cursor: 'pointer',
@@ -27,27 +19,5 @@ export const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
         },
       },
     }),
-    dashlistFolder: css({
-      color: theme.colors.text.secondary,
-      fontSize: theme.typography.bodySmall.fontSize,
-      lineHeight: theme.typography.body.lineHeight,
-    }),
-    dashlistTitle: css({
-      '&::after': {
-        position: 'absolute',
-        content: '""',
-        left: 0,
-        top: 0,
-        bottom: 0,
-        right: 0,
-      },
-    }),
-    dashlistLinkBody: css({
-      flexGrow: 1,
-    }),
-    dashlistItem: css({
-      position: 'relative',
-      listStyle: 'none',
-    }),
   };
 };
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/panel/test-utils.ts b/public/app/plugins/panel/test-utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca6ac854fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/app/plugins/panel/test-utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { PanelProps, LoadingState, getDefaultTimeRange, FieldConfigSource } from '@grafana/data';
+import { getAppEvents } from '@grafana/runtime';
+
+/**
+ * Get mock panel props for test purposes
+ */
+export const getPanelProps = <T>(
+  defaultOptions: T,
+  panelPropsOverrides?: Partial<Omit<PanelProps<T>, 'options'>>
+): PanelProps<T> => {
+  return {
+    id: 1,
+    data: { state: LoadingState.Done, series: [], timeRange: getDefaultTimeRange() },
+    options: defaultOptions,
+    eventBus: getAppEvents(),
+    fieldConfig: {} as unknown as FieldConfigSource,
+    height: 400,
+    onChangeTimeRange: jest.fn(),
+    onFieldConfigChange: jest.fn(),
+    onOptionsChange: jest.fn(),
+    replaceVariables: jest.fn(),
+    renderCounter: 1,
+    timeRange: getDefaultTimeRange(),
+    timeZone: 'utc',
+    title: 'DashList test title',
+    transparent: false,
+    width: 320,
+    ...panelPropsOverrides,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
index f03f0a7fe2b..95d771db840 100644
--- a/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
+++ b/public/locales/en-US/grafana.json
@@ -10651,6 +10651,14 @@
     }
   },
   "panel": {
+    "dashlist": {
+      "empty-state-message": "No dashboard groups configured",
+      "mark-as-starred": "Mark \"{{title}}\" as favorite",
+      "recently-viewed-dashboards": "Recently viewed dashboards",
+      "search": "Search",
+      "starred-dashboards": "Starred dashboards",
+      "unmark-as-starred": "Unmark \"{{title}}\" as favorite"
+    },
     "get-calculation-value-data-links-variable-suggestions": {
       "value-calc-var": {
         "label": {