QoL: Add items to containers without opening them

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Granger
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QoL: Add items to containers without opening them

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Simple QoL suggestion to let us add items to containers the same way we can add them to stockpiles:

Have an item on the cursor, shift+RMB to move this into the container clicked onto (if inventory space in it is available) same as adding fuel to lightable.
Preferably this plus shift+alt+RMB (or another sane key modifyer combination) which would move all of that kind.

This would complement the ability to shift+RMB to pull stuff from a container without the need to open it, which should be changed to shift+RMB pulling one and shift+alt+RMB pulling a full inventory.
⁎ Mon Mar 22, 2010 ✝ Thu Jan 23, 2020
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Headchef
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Re: QoL: Add items to containers without opening them

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I guess, but content > catering to lazy container openers so maybe someday :D
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Re: QoL: Add items to containers without opening them

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Headchef wrote:I guess, but content > catering to lazy container openers so maybe someday :D
New content burns out quickly, QoL is eternal.
⁎ Mon Mar 22, 2010 ✝ Thu Jan 23, 2020
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Re: QoL: Add items to containers without opening them

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+1

I find myself trying to do this from time to time, thinking that it's odd that it doesn't work. This small change would give better consistency to how players interact with the world.
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Re: QoL: Add items to containers without opening them

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+1

Often want to drop bucket with water or flour into a chest after filling it from a barrel.
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Re: QoL: Add items to containers without opening them

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While you're at it, let me dump containers into other containers. When upgrading from crates to wooden chests, dear lord the micromanagement is a pain.
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Re: QoL: Add items to containers without opening them

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IIRC the reason we're not doing this already is that it potentially conflicts with the normal use case of hold + right-click to interact with something, or, for example, adding coal to a burner.
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Granger
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Re: QoL: Add items to containers without opening them

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FYI: This has become a bit better with the ability to open containers with an item on the cursor, nevertheless it would be nice as it would cut clicks and mouse mileage that add nothing to the depth of the game.
⁎ Mon Mar 22, 2010 ✝ Thu Jan 23, 2020

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