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TL;DR

With something in your hand, also show the total number in inventory additionally to the current stacks amount in hand.

What?

Currently, when building many buildings (i.e. solar panels), it only displays the current stack held in hand. I would love if the game told me the total number of items in my relevant inventory. Maybe formatted something like:
23 (323)
23 | 323
23 / 232
23 total: 232
23 (all: 232)

Why?

It can be helpful when building repetitive structures to give you an idea how much more space you have to clear to get all the stuff in inventory built. Basically it can help you think more strategically about entity placement instead of just going stack by stack and realising you should have gotten or queued up more items or similar.

Good Luck!