To summarize, it would be useful to be able to be able to set machine recipe based on an item or ghost in hand by:


hovering over a machine (without interacting with it) and then pressing a keybind, e.g. Alt+Z , or clicking with some modifier keys pressed
interacting with a machine that doesn't ...

For Ctrl+Shift+Click I believe my thought was that this would be right click rather than left click to distinguish force recipe setting from force building since in general I would expect "force set recipe" to be distinct from "force build".

But I don't have a strong opinion since I'm expecting ...

what if this item have multiple recipe ?


I would expect this to do the same thing that "Set Recipe" does when using the circuit network.

This should also work for recipe signals (which are different from finished product signals). For example Pyanodons has many alternative recipes, but it also ...

When interacting with an assembler or other crafting machine, there is a "gear" icon that you have to click on to open the set recipe dialog and change the machine's recipe.

If the player has a item or a ghost in their hand, then they should be able to e.g. Shift+Click on the "gear" icon to set the ...

I am playing with https://mods.factorio.com/mod/everything-spoilage and some other utility mods.

I received a crash when everything-spoilage caused a stack of construction robots to spoil in a roboport and turn into electronic waste.

This seems to be a known issue with this mod (see https://mods ...