Factorio 2.0 Info: No update planned. see replacement CraftingTools

Features

• Replaces held item with its ghost when the item is removed from the inventory.
• Pipette tool (Q) gets you the ghost when the item is not in inventory.
• Puts item in your hand when it becomes available instead of a ghost.
• Put crafted item in Hand when Crafting UI is open and you craft a new item
• Toggle for each feature to match your needs

Description

1) keep ghost in hand

When a held item is removed from the inventory, you keep the ghost in your hand.
When you use the pipette tool (Q) and the item is not in your inventory, you get the ghost in your hand.
toggle with CTRL+ALT + G

2) put item in hand

When an item becomes available through crafting or logistic delivery then a held ghost is replaced with its item.
toggle with CTRL+ALT + I

3) put crafted item in hand

When you craft an item and your hand is empty then you will got the crafted item in in your hand.
toggle with CTRL+ALT + C

Original Description from Ghost In Hand

When a last held item is placed (either by you or by your construction robots) normally your hand would be emptied forcing you to pick that item again. This mod changes this behavior, so that when you run out of items, a held item is replaced with its ghost.

This solves a very annoying problem, when trying to build something while within logistic network and bots are resupplying the item slowly, so that every few seconds you run out of that item, it gets removed from your hand and you have to pick it again:

See high quality video.

This was reported as bug 68557, but unfortunately the developers consider it an intended behaviour - to give a clear feedback that your item has run out.

Additional the opposite problem is also resolved by this mod.
When an item becomes available through crafting finished or logistic request delivery then a held ghost is replaced with its item.

Credits

Thanks to jarcionek and zomis for there work which was an inpiration and help for me.
- Ghost In Hand by jarcionek
- Update Ghost Cursor by zomis

See also my other QoL Mods

• Crafting Tools
  Adds hotkeys to craft items from your cursor, quickbar or nearby ghost items
• Speed Buttons
  Configurable buttons for different game speeds and Auto Speed Change when crafting or mining.
• Speedy Bot Start
  Jump straight to building your base with speedy construction bots!
• Zooming Reinvented
  This mod allows to customize the zooming behavior,
• Kuxynator's CityBlock Jump
  Jump from block to block. Keybinds to jump one step, a sector or a whole district.
• Kuxynator's Running Mod (cheat mode)
  The bigger the map view the faster you run.