i made a comparison to the knapping, there you get a guide with squares. when you press E and you craft e.g a weapon or whatever you must remember to put the correct ingredient in the correct squares or you can not create the item so you have to look up where you drop everything. i don't see how that adds anything, and at least i think there should be the same square-guide at the very least.
not seen that for any game where you craft to be honest, you just drop the ingredients you need, and it will accept that. for minecraft i don't know, been years since i tried it, if i recall correctly you just add the items you need, no need to put them in any special order..