just be able to place a ghost from the crafting screen.
something like:
left mouse - hand build 1
right mouse - hand build 5
shift-left mouse - place ghost (inventory closes and your cursor becomes a ghost cursor for placing ghosts)
This way it always guaranteed that you can place every item without cluttering your inventory with single items of everything.
I did a hasty suggestion for that without searching first

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