Suggestion: Picking up less items than whole pile

I got a question which no one seems to be able to answer, although it sounds so simple.

I got ±200 candy canes on my main character. I want to give my two other chars also some candy canes. How do I pick up a few canes from my storage, NOT all at once? I only seem to be able to pick up the whole pile, not just a few.
It is possible when trading, and when selling, how can it be done on your own? Do I always need an extra person to hold them for me?

From what I understand, it indeed is impossible to 'mule' some of the canes to my other char without the help of a second person. My suggestion therefor is, to make an option asking how many items one wants to pick up, in GW:F.

thats a pretty good idea.

Yea, I'd like to see that.

make it like morrowind.

shift+Lmb: picks the whole pile

Ctrl+Lmb: picks a single unit out of the pile

Lmb: opens a dialogue box asking how many units you want to transfer

It must be quite simple to script.
Since I've done a lot of modding for Morrowind