The OGs probably know this already, but... TIL: You can 'hot swap' items between your hotbar and crafting grid.

[Broccoli Clock]

Ok, so I'll probably explain this badly but it's not difficult to do.

If you open your crafting grid, and use your mouse to highlight one of the grid spaces, you can press 0-9 and it'll swap that item from your hotbar into that crafting grid space. 
Pressing the number again will return it to that hotbar slot. Pressing a different number, while still highlighting the same crafting grid space, and it'll swap it for that toolbar slot item allowing you to effectively sort your hotbar from the crafting grid.

As the title says, maybe the OG players probably know this already, but it was a nice find. To be fair, not sure how much I will use it as my muscle memory is now set, but I might see if it helps when mass crafting.

 

[LadyWYT]

Amazing how long you can play this game and still learn something new about it!

[Teh Pizza Lady]

I did not know you could do that but I use the hot bar so in frequently while crafting that I really don't know how it would speed up my crafting endeavors. I also don't really use the number row when gaming if I can help it.

still it's cool to know.

[Broccoli Clock]

7 hours ago, Teh Pizza Lady said:

I also don't really use the number row when gaming if I can help it

For the most part, I am the same, I will use the mouse wheel to switch between selected items.

However, like all FPS games I play, I have a particular order things should go in, and that's down to my "oh shit" keys. Those are the numbers 1-4, as they are (on a UK keyboard) directly above the WASD (which as a typical right handed player, I use for movement). It's much quicker for me to go direct to the item (ie: press the key, rather than scroll the mouse), hence why it's called the "oh shit" keys, as in those are the keys I press when I go "oh, shit!"

For VS, my hotbar lay out is.. Falx [#1] / Bow [#2] / Shield [#3] / Lantern [#4]. These are all the keys I need in an emergency. I also have heals and ladders to the far right, again this is more how I roughly lay out every game not just VS.

 

As for crafting and swapping between items in the grid, yeah... definitely more a niche case basis, but like you it's cool to know this is part of the game. 

[Demoncyborg]

that's so cool, i had no idea!! I think i've done it on accident plenty of times though, i do remember asking myself a lot "where did that go? why is it in my hotbar?"