hi, the id of the chest was based on the buttons on the right side right? when i set iron plate and fill slots settings it generates a long ID, then after i close and open the chest the id changes to a short 1-2 digits only. the downside i experienced about it if you put in an inserter or loader first (loading ores to the smart linked chest for example) before setting up the smart linked chest, the item will go to the chest with the long id first that was generated before going to the real id for the Ore setting setup. i hope i explained it clearly

The long ID is just a temporary placeholder (actually, it should show '(new)' while the UI is open). The correct ID is only generated when the UI is closed. Otherwise, the issue you observed would be even worse, as a different ID would be generated with EVERY change of the descriptor. When the UI is closed, all items are taken from the temporary chest and moved into the final one. If you want to avoid this, place the inserter only after it’s configured, or configure a new, unconnected chest and copy the settings to the existing one.

By the way, you also have a similar problem with filter inserters. they already work and pick up items before you can configure the filter. The solution is the same. prevent the inserter from getting items ;-)

alright, thank you for the detailed explanations regarding the process, i am fine knowing that it wont be a problem then since the items deposited on the temporary chest would be transferred to the final one. thank you for your efforts on this mod.