Take single item from inventory stack

[LazyDrifter]

I couldn't find anything via Google. Can you take a single item from a stack or is stack splitting and right click spamming the only way at the moment without using a mod?

[Thorfinn]

Can't think of a time I've ever wanted to do it, but sure, you could place a single item on your crafting grid, put the stack back in inventory, then pick the single up.

[ifoz]

This is indeed possible. Click a stack so you are moving it around, and then right click on an empty slot.

[Bulteer]

I havent't seen it mentioned anywhere either, but it's as simple as 

Ctrl + scroll wheel

[LazyDrifter]

Thanks for the answers guys!

Thanks @Bulteer for the solution: Hover mouse over stack and ctrl + scroll mouse wheel.

Which is easy enough.

[Thorfinn]

When would this be useful?

[LazyDrifter]

2 hours ago, Thorfinn said:

When would this be useful?

It's quicker than holding a stack, right click-dropping a certain amount and then putting the stack back to where it was.

[Thorfinn]

Right, but under what circumstances would one want to do that?

[LazyDrifter]

I guess I understand your confusion. I wasn't very clear in my opening post. I probably never need to take a single item from a stack inside the inventory to put it into the crafting grid or into a container. But it's useful the other way around, whenever I need to transfer one or a few items from a container to the crafting grid, e.g. for a quick torch or a flint tool. 

[Maelstrom]

@Thorfinn Imagine if you will, a stack of sticks in a chest in the smithy and all that was smithed/smelted was a single tool head.  It's a pain to pick up more than one from the stack to place one in the crafting grid and replace the stack to craft the single tool.