EVE General Discussion

Hello,

I have a small question regarding item stacking, also known as the 'stack-all' option:
Is it still possible to stack multiple items without sorting them?

I used to be able to do this:
- Add a lot of items to an existing container filled with items, the new items placed below all previous items in separate stacks
- Use the stack all option, for each newly added item, if there was already one or more item of the same type in the container, the added stack at the bottom of the container would be added to the stack that was already there at the top of the container. Leaving an open space between the added items at the bottom of the container

Result: at the top a continuous list of items that were already in the container, in the same order as they used to be, only with larger stacks. at the bottom a number of item stacks with gaps between them, which where not previously in the container

Using the stack option a second time would sort the entire container, leaving no open spaces between items.



Currently it seems that the stack-all option stacks and sorts all items instantly, clearing all space between them.
I would like to know if the stack without sorting is still possible since it gave very nice sorting functionality.

It was very helpfull in sorting specific items out of a large quantity, for example: sorting items you would want to reprocess from a large pile of mission loot:

- have a container with one of each item type you wish to reprocess
- select a pile of junk you collected, add it to the bottom of said container
- use stack all once, all the junk you would want to reprocess is removed from the bottom stacks and added to the top
- all the stacks left over at the bottom are things you did not want to reprocess, remove them from the container

but i can't seem to do this anymore, i already tried combinations of ctrl/shift/alt on the stack-all command, selecting items in various ways and then using stack all, none worked.