# Make it so when you activate something nearby it stays where it is

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-it-so-when-you-activate-something-nearby-it-stays-where-it-is/16849>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [October 2, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-it-so-when-you-activate-something-nearby-it-stays-where-it-is/16849 "2018-10-02T22:53:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pyrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pyrite](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pyrite)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-it-so-when-you-activate-something-nearby-it-stays-where-it-is/16849/1 "2018-10-02T22:53:28Z")

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So there must be a way to do this, because I notice when I activate my frying pan to heat something up it stays where it is, but when I do it with my makeshift pot it ends up in my inventory.

Does anyone actually want things you activate to end up in your inventory? Washboards, towels, etc?

I would vastly prefer they didn’t, so I can leave towels near the entrances to my base and set up little workstations for tailoring, washing, etc.

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**Author:** ![Warlander](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/warlander/32/2990_2.png) [@Warlander](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Warlander)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/make-it-so-when-you-activate-something-nearby-it-stays-where-it-is/16849/2 "2018-10-02T23:32:04Z")

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+1, it would be great to be able to both (a)ctivate and use actions menu using items nearby without taking them to inventory.