I meant like an e-inventory and then on top of that an on hand menu... e.g. in minecraft you can use the numbers to switch from a diamond pick or a sword without having to press e each time... same in PT except using the f-keys as the numbers are taken.

try getting use to it or...

make a palette of all the elements you might use and alt click the ones you want

or

use lua to set elements into certain menus for easier search

e.g elements.property(elements.DEFAULT_PT_DMND, "MenuSection", 8)

or if your excellent with lua

copy from the extra menu type thing in the interface of my fuel mod and jacobs old favourites menu script to make some thing like that of MC