Crabsoft Posted November 7, 2025 Report Posted November 7, 2025 Very often, I need to pick something up but my hotbar is already filled with garbage. This means I have to open some menus and move things around before completing the task I was engaged with. It would be great if I could just slam Shift+Q to put the currently selected item into my bag and free up the hotbar slot. The closest we have is throwing items, but they just pop right back into the hotbar! In the worst case, I forget to pick up whatever I tossed and get annoyed later. The offhand, even if it could hold any item, remains unsuitable because it's only a single slot that you have to micromanage and sometimes you need to free a few slots quickly. Examples : - Picking up a firestarter to light a fire, but your bar is full of flowers and cattails - Gathering berries on the go, but your bar is full of toxic mushrooms and dirt - You set up your pit kiln with molds, dry grass, sticks, and firewood (4 items!) and now you need to grab the firestarter. You won't need the sticks anytime soon but you want to keep them around for making tools. Smash Shift+Q, grab the firestarter, use the firestarter, place the firestarter back on the ground, this task is now completely done and you can context-switch to organizing your inventory without interrupting! Thanks for hearing me out! 1
Phantom72 Posted November 7, 2025 Report Posted November 7, 2025 First post, so welcome! I understand that for various reasons mods shouldn't be the answer. But, until the functionality is baked into the base game, you can use the highly recommended mod below which allows you to bind a "Clear Hand Slot" key. https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/367#tab-description 1
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