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Make shelves replace items starting from the lefthand side of the hotbar

From what I've seen, most players seem to populate their hotbar from the left, as well as keep their tools on the left, most likely because of the small distance from the matching hotkeys to the WASD keys. Therefore, it would be more useful to have shelves swap items beginning from the left as it would allow for a mechanic to quickly switch between tool sets.

Another option would be to have them start from one side by default and make them use the other side if the sneak key is pressed while the items are retrieved.

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    I think rather than choose one or the other, a good compromise could be something like signal strength or left- vs right-hand power choosing. Like maybe power level 1-5 would mean slots 1-3, 6-10 is 4-6, and 11-15 is 7-9. 3 shelves is already a full bar, so this system would work for a single shelf very nicely, and for two, it could be highest power level decides for both.

    Edit: even better, make the power level 1-9; then a Crafter with a comparator could be used to set all three options.

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    I think a better idea for this would be for the shelves to prioritize the selected part of your hotbar, so for example if you're at slot 1,2 or 3 it would put those three into the shelf, if you're at 4,5,6 it would put those 3 and if you're at 7,8,9 it would put those three, and if the shelf is double, then slots 1-5 would deploy items 1-6 and items 6-9 would deploy items 4-9 if that makes any sense