Just a new idea:
- Add an another button near "request all" - "craft all"
- Also, add small buttons "craft items" near "request items" button

OR (and I think it will be better) add a short cuts for current buttons with items count/request all:
shift + click - craft items (for a row or all items)
(and old one: click - temporary request items for the current row/all items)

Thank you for your suggestion.

I'm not entirely opposed to the idea, though adding it would take some work, since I would have to add crafting queue monitoring amongst other things. While I see this being quite useful in the very early game, there is a small risk that it makes manual crafting a bit too convenient, disincentivizing automation/malls. For seasoned players, this is a non-issue, but for beginners, it's a bit of trap.

I'll keep this open in case I decide to work on this later or other people want to leave feedback.

The main idea of this thing is to add single items of modified versions of some common items: clamped pipes (Elbow, T-type) from pipes or a modified single inserter. In early/mid game we produce common items via assemblers, and use manual production for special/modded types of common items.
Example:
- via assemblers: common pipes, common inserters;
- manually: an elbow pipe (modded) - from common pipes, a longer inserter (red) or a stronger inserter (modded, more health) - from common inserters

Edit: Yes, do it later if possible. But I don’t think that without this, beginners will stop creating everything with their hands :) Only the speed of manual production will stop them

I liked this suggestion!

Thanks—this is now implemented in 1.2.0.

I LOVE THIS SUGGESTION, thank you for suggesting it, and thanks to the mod author for actually putting it in.

Thanks, for the fix.
A little addition, could you show different messages if:
- player doesn't have resources to build items
- a some technology is not opened yet (research required).