This would certainly be useful. However, I would find it equally, or perhaps more useful, to be able to sort files by modification date. Typically, the files I want to access quickly are the files I've most recently modified.
I mention this partly because it's related to your first suggestion, but also because I imagine it might be easier to implement. I don't use the Pages tab either, but it has some potentially useful features: searching within a folder and sorting by name or date. As far as I know, the sorting has never worked but obviously the intention was for it to work. If this could be fixed - and added as an option on the Files tab too - that would be a great improvement. (Pinning and sorting would be even better.)