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What selector/menu is this for?
In-game chat / Rich-text icon picker button.

What is the core suggestion?
Please add all types of Science Packs (Automation, Logistic, Chemical, Space, etc.) to the chat rich-text icon selector menu. Currently, they are missing from the selection grid.
Why is it needed? (Use Cases & Benefits)

1. Bridging the Language Barrier in Multiplayer: Factorio is played globally, and translation differences can be highly specific. Some international players might not know the exact English names of specific sciences (or vice versa). Adding icons drastically improves immediate comprehension and communication speed across different language settings without words.
2. Reading the Original (English) Names via Chat: Many players use the chat icon picker as a quick dictionary tool. For instance, a player can select an item icon, copy the rich-text tag (like [item=transport-belt]), and paste it to see or copy its original English internal string without needing to switch their entire game language to English. However, because science packs are missing from the picker, players cannot do this for research-related discussions.

Conclusion:
Adding these icons would perfectly resolve translation ambiguities and make coordinating research/production goals in multiplayer much faster and more user-friendly.

Not in the game right now to check, but aren't science packs already included under the Intermediate Products tab? (The one with steel, gear, and circuit)

If you do not know where an Icon / Signal is located you can try using "Ctrl-F" to search for a partial name.

Good Luck!

this is all what i have in my v2.0.77 (build 84539 expansion, win 64) Space age

Look at the Tabs at the Top of the Dialog - particularly the position of the Yellow highlight in my screenshot vs yours. Try clicking.

i checked this without mods also, in vanila game "space age"

eugenekay wrote: Fri Jul 03, 2026 3:57 pm Look at the Tabs at the Top of the Dialog - particularly the position of the Yellow highlight in my screenshot vs yours. Try clicking.

I wasn't talking about science packages, I was talking about research. Why did you think I was talking about science packages?

terradus wrote: Fri Jul 03, 2026 4:01 pmI wasn't talking about science packages, I was talking about research. Why did you think I was talking about science packages?

terradus wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2026 2:59 pm
Please add all types of Science Packs (Automation, Logistic, Chemical, Space, etc.) to the chat rich-text icon selector menu. Currently, they are missing from the selection grid.

It's probably a matter of translation and ambiguous wording. Sorry about that. I'm not sure I made a translation error, but if that's what happened, I meant to refer not to the research packages, but to the research icons themselves.

Technology Icons are indeed not present in the picker. But you can use the Rich Text Syntax to manually enter the Research name:

`Logistics [technology=logistics] Clicking the icon auto-opens the Technology research window, very useful in Multiplayer. The full list of internal names is available in technology.lua for reference.


Good Luck!

@ickputzdirwech Please delete this post, it's misleading due to my translation error (I used a neural network, and apparently it was too imaginative). Thanks in advance.