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Pick Tool

Introduction

The existing 'Pick Block' feature allows for speedy building in both creative and survival modes. It helps remove slower inventory management from the building process, and I often find myself running a few blocks to 'Pick Block' something rather than opening my inventory while I'm building.

Feature Suggestion

My idea is to expand this with a similar 'Pick Tool' feature. The idea being on a key binding press, the game will pick the relevant tool (provided it can be found) to mine the block selected. E.g. if the user is looking at Oak Planks, and they press the key binding, the game will pull their axe into the current selected slot. If they're looking at Stone Bricks, it'll pull their pickaxe.

I think this binding could default to something like 'Ctrl + Middle Click', as this would match up with the default for the 'Pick Block' system and almost expand it, as opposed to it becoming a whole new binding.

Technicalities

If the player has multiple tools of one type: pick the first tool found (similar to bows picking arrows if there aren't arrows directly next to it).

If the player has the correct tool in hotbar (but not selected): select the correct hotbar slot (like 'Pick Block' for blocks)

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    Yes please

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    What do think about that idea:
    Instead of adding a new key binding, just modify the existing 'Pick-block' functionality a bit.

    Clicking 'Pick-block' with a tool in the main hand (pickaxe, axe, shovel, hoe) will switch to the correct mining tool in the hotbar. If none available it gets swapped with a suitable tool from the inventory.

    If you are already holding a suitable mining tool, circle through similar tool from the entire inventory. For instance use 'Pick-block' to switch between your Silk Touch and Fortune pickaxes.

    Clicking 'Pick-block' with an empty hand or other item works as beforehand.

    This ways our hotbar doesn't get filled with tools and we don't have to open the inventory so often.

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    I would love if this also extended to grabbing the correct food to breed mobs