Tools - Key bind for Tree Planting Designation

There is a tool for tree harvesting. It's accessible in forestry in the bottom tool bar, has a key bind ("H"). Same as mining, dumping, levelling do.
Tree Planting Designation should have that prominent place and a key bind too. Atm, the player always has find a forestry tower, click the button "Edit Designation" (no tooltip, nothing) there.

Issue with that: I come upon an obstacle, mark it for mining or levelling. Want to go back to tree planting designation ... have to search the forestry tower, open it, click the button ... imagine having to do that every time with a MCT just to switch mining, levelling and dumping.

while I do agree that tree planting should have an option in 'Forestry' category and a key bind option in settings, I would mention to you @RealisticOptimist , that there is actually a very simple way of getting rid of those annoying obstacles like shrubs and rocks - you don't have to mine them, you can actually just use the 'remove debris' tool (in the tools menu, bottom left) to draw an area and remove all of those that are in the area

it even tells you in advance which items will be removed and how much unity it'll cost you

like this

This works for bushes, rocks, and shrubs, but not for non-dirt surfaces, which you have to mine out and back-fill to be able to use to the space.

like what ? what are 'non-dirt surfaces' ?

rock, ore, trash from collapsed structures, anything else that got dumped for any reason.

oh, I see what you mean, well, those do require mining 🙂

still, I did agree with you that making planting area needs a tool representation in the menu and a key-bind

jockeril [discord] wrote:

while I do agree that tree planting should have an option in 'Forestry' category and a key bind option in settings, I would mention to you , that...

I know that tool. Early game I do not have unity for removing bushes. The rocks I do want to collect. And adjusting slopes or levelling still needs the excavator. Even if I want to plant trees there.