# UI suggestion for the new crafting menu

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ui-suggestion-for-the-new-crafting-menu/4469>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [December 11, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ui-suggestion-for-the-new-crafting-menu/4469 "2013-12-11T13:12:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ui-suggestion-for-the-new-crafting-menu/4469/1 "2013-12-11T13:12:42Z")

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So we got a more organized crafting menu a few days ago, its actually pretty good and clears the clutter that dominated the screen when you hitted more advanced levels. However, there’s a little thing I dont like about it, it forces you to use \< and \> to navigate the main categories, which is well a little awkward (especially if you compare it to the past versions that allowed you to navigate solely with arrow keys) in my non english laptop keyboard.

So I wanted to ask, could it be possible to make the crafting screen completely navigable with only the arrow keys? or at least allow for tab to be used to switch the main categories?

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**Author:** ![desrik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/desrik/32/1050_2.png) [@desrik](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/desrik)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ui-suggestion-for-the-new-crafting-menu/4469/2 "2013-12-11T13:55:53Z")

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Already been discussing [that](http://smf.cataclysmdda.com/index.php?topic=4652.0).

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**Author:** ![Dzlan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/dzlan/32/82_2.png) [@Dzlan](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dzlan)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 6:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/ui-suggestion-for-the-new-crafting-menu/4469/3 "2013-12-13T06:10:38Z")

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I can understand if your not using an English keyboard.  
I am using one, and for some reason I have always used \< and \> instead of the arrow keys, I dunno why.