cannot add items to my chests

[aloha.to.you]

When i open my chest the only options are Take or Take all, not matter what I do it empties the chest contents into my inventory, but wont let me store anything. I have played for years but was away for a bit. Now it doesn't work. HELP??

[Altbert]

At the bottom you will see "your chest" and "your character". The chest is opened by default with the options to take a specific item or just take all. Switch to your character and you will be able to store items in your inventory into the chest.

[aloha.to.you]

Not what I see. I used to be able to click on my chest and then go down to my inventory to deposit items into my chest. Now I approach my chest I click E, and the only functions on the bottom left (playing on PC) are E for Take or M1 for Take All. And when anything I try causes all the content of my chest to be placed into my inventory. No matter what I try Skyrim is not providing the option while my chest is selected to actually open my inventory to select items... Thoughts?

[Altbert]

When you press E to open the chest, the inventory menu opens. At the bottom of the menu you will see the options you have for that specific container. Just above that you can choose between containers, either the chest's inventory or the player's inventory. Despite the displayed options you should always be able to select a particular item in either container and press E to move the item from the chest to the player and vice versa. If there are more than 5 for a particular item (default), an additional dialogue will pop up to select the number of items you want to move from one container to another (yes, the player is also just a container). Could some mod be intering, such as a UI mod? If you don't see what I described, try to scroll down.

[aloha.to.you]

What you described is what I was used to about 5 months ago, but now the options are not there and any button, mouse click, etc., on any places on the drop menu - all simply empty the chest/container into my character's inventory and will not let me open my inventory while I have the now empty chest in front of me. I do have a mod for infinity health on a couple of jewelry items. Do you think that is the issue? Thank you! :D

[Altbert]

You could use xEdit (SSEEdit) to check for mod conflicts with those jewelry mods, but I doubt if these are the issue.

[hawklaser]

Originally posted by aloha.to.you:

Not what I see. I used to be able to click on my chest and then go down to my inventory to deposit items into my chest. Now I approach my chest I click E, and the only functions on the bottom left (playing on PC) are E for Take or M1 for Take All. And when anything I try causes all the content of my chest to be placed into my inventory. No matter what I try Skyrim is not providing the option while my chest is selected to actually open my inventory to select items... Thoughts?

This sounds an awful lot like when I first started using a SkyUI, though I use a controller instead of keyboard and mouse. I was used to the original menus where the container/shops inventory was displayed alongside yours with a small divider between them.

It didn't help any that SkyUI's labeling wasn't the clearest either. Down at the bottom left, where it lists out the menu keybinds, there is one called swtich tab. I originally thought it was to cycle through the tabs at the top of All, Weapons, Apparel, Potions, Etc. So I couldn't figure out how to switch between inventories either. When that switch tab binding in reality swaps between the container/shop inventory and your inventory.

So, when you look at a container, what are all the keybinds its listing out in the bottom left? Also, are you by any chance using any mod collections/packs, such as Nolvus or Gate to Sovngarde? As in addition to gameplay overhaul style mods, it wouldn't surprise me if they included a UI mod too.

[aloha.to.you]

@hawklaser GOT IT! THANK YOU! After your feedback on switch binding i reviewed my keybindings and I had changed my Left Hand from R to M1, which really messed up interactions with containers. :D