# Strange letters in large item stacks?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-letters-in-large-item-stacks/2154>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [July 9, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-letters-in-large-item-stacks/2154 "2013-07-09T18:59:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![TheTinCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@TheTinCat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheTinCat)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-letters-in-large-item-stacks/2154/1 "2013-07-09T18:59:07Z")

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Not a bug, simply a question. probably a noob one, at that.  
In a rather large item stack, I’m seeing the letters to select further down items as:

![](http://i43.tinypic.com/2d9r5vl.png)

I’m simply wondering how I go about selecting those items on a qwerty keyboard.  
tried looking up how to type those characters, to no avail. assuming someone has come across this before and has the most likely simple answer.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-letters-in-large-item-stacks/2154/2 "2013-07-09T20:04:33Z")

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If I remember correctly you hit the characters in sequence, backtick ` and then two letters. The backtick is on the upper-left corner of the keyboard in a EN\_us layout on the same key as ~.

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**Author:** ![woflsipder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/woflsipder/32/90_2.png) [@woflsipder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/woflsipder)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-letters-in-large-item-stacks/2154/3 "2013-07-09T20:10:27Z")

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Or use arrow keys to go down and select them.

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**Author:** ![TheTinCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@TheTinCat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheTinCat)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-letters-in-large-item-stacks/2154/4 "2013-07-09T21:42:31Z")

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Ah, like I thought, simple solutions to an even simpler problem.  
Thanks to the both of you.

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**Author:** ![pingpong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4bbf92/32.png) [@pingpong](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pingpong)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-letters-in-large-item-stacks/2154/5 "2013-07-09T23:51:13Z")

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That was done to bypass the 78 or something item limit, especially when a lot of things don’t stack, so you’d get overflows quickly. I think you can still get overflow, but far less easily.

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**Author:** ![Zireael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/zireael/32/956_2.png) [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 7:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-letters-in-large-item-stacks/2154/6 "2013-07-10T07:52:36Z")

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> [@pingpong](#):
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> That was done to bypass the 78 or something item limit, especially when a lot of things don’t stack, so you’d get overflows quickly. I think you can still get overflow, but far less easily.

I think the solution to that would be let stuff stack. I’m getting these on stacks of bones or fur pelts, for example.