Any reason I can't throw grenades?

[Grimmroth]

I took a break from Factorio for a bit. I remember being able to throw grenades by simply clicking the grenade on the tool belt and with the grenade selected, clicking where to throw the grenade. Now when I have the grenade selected and I click to throw it just switches to what is in my tool belt slot 1. Is this a bug or am I missing something? 

[Subak]

I use grenades just as you described without issue.

Maybe you had a mouse macro running? Something like autohotkey? It's 'pressing' 1 when you click?

[Grimmroth]

It seems to be behaving in that way, but ONLY for grenades. I can place anything else with a left-click. I just can't throw grenades. Maybe there's other things I can't use, but so far it's just grenades

[Grimmroth]

OK...figured it one. Somehow my quickbar slot one got set to left-click. I never did this. In fact I've never edited the keybinds at all. I just reset the controls to default and all is good. Thanks for the reply.

[Subak]

Neat. I did not know you could do that. Putting nades on right-click that way would be fairly useful.

[DCYW]

To throw your grenades is to select it from your toolbelt with left mouse button and hover around until you run out of grenades, and use WASD key to move. Don't get hit with it cause' takes your damage too, unless you have Ore Bomb mod.

One tip with grenades, once thrown RFOL (Run For Our Lives)
Question: Why we RFOL ?
Ans: They are all coming for you like hordes of zombies once thrown, and keep on running until you back to safety (your base with gun turrets, laser, etc). xD You know what I meant.

Not saying to be wissy with biters/aliens.

Just be tactical, play like you in the Army (one man army) stranded in some huge treasure map island trying to survive. The treasure is already on the map, which means your treasure is what you gained from the map you play on (trees, ores, water, crude oi, etc)

Just need to know how to deal with those aliens/biters that don't like you on their map and try to survive until you build yourself a rocket to fly outta their map.

One advantage that we have is they cannot fly.