How about adding a 'tasklist' of sorts to the crafting window?

[stikxs]

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Consider this scenario:
You decide to make a pair of Linen Gaiters, so you need 1 of undyed linen, undyed velveteen, electrum ingot, and rubber. You already have the fabrics, but you need the other 2. Fortunately, you can make both of them also but you need to buy materials.

I was thinking it would be pretty handy to have a maybe a separate window that you can populate with things you want to make (via right-clicking the item in the crafting log to keep it simple). This way you don't forget when you need when you're 5 levels deep in material making.

Also, it would be nice if this window had 2 panes to it; the left being the list of items you want to make, and the right being a list of all of the materials for the list on the left. Now, I don't mean to that the right list needs to take the material list down to the base item level, just the materials at the top level.

[stikxs]

So, using the initial scenario, you would right-click the Linen Gaiters, the new window would pop up and the left pane would have the gaiters and the right would have the undyed linen, undyed velveteen, electrum ingot, and rubber. Since you also need to make the rubber and ingot you right-click both of those to add them to the left pane, and the right will automatically add the latex and electrum ore.

The right pane would need to be smart enough to combine the same items, and it should keep a total of how many you need. Would probably be a good idea to also list how many you have of NQ and HQ next to it as well. Of lesser concern would be that you could remove items from the left pane (maybe also via right-click) and maybe a 'clear' button (or just have us close it and it reopens when you right-click the crafting log again). I don't think it would be really necessary to be able to craft right from the list, but it couldn't hurt I guess.