diff --git a/src/computerblocks/Game.java b/src/computerblocks/Game.java
index 4e2af49..3ba2906 100644
--- a/src/computerblocks/Game.java
+++ b/src/computerblocks/Game.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public class Game {
   private Display display;
   private UserInterface ui;
   private MenuController menuController;
+  private SnippetTray snippetTray;
 
   String demoText = "";
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ private void setup() {
     grid = new Grid(300, 300, 3);
     player = new Player(display);
     ui = new UserInterface();
+    snippetTray = new SnippetTray();
     menuController = new MenuController(display);
     Fonts.addFont(new Fonts("Paloseco-Medium.ttf"));
     Fonts.addFont(new Fonts("Roboto-Regular.ttf"));
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ private void setup() {
   }
 
   private void update() {
-    player.update(display, grid, menuController);
+    player.update(display, grid, menuController, snippetTray);
     if (player.keyboard.down('Q')) {
       grid = new Grid(new Snippet("../saves/", "save"));
     }
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ private synchronized void render() {
     player.draw(display, grid);
     ui.draw(display, player, grid);
     if (player.state == State.MENU) menuController.update(display, player, grid);
+    if (player.state == State.SNIPPET) snippetTray.update(display, player, grid);
     display.draw();
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/computerblocks/display/ui/menu/SnippetTray.java b/src/computerblocks/display/ui/menu/SnippetTray.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2536a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/computerblocks/display/ui/menu/SnippetTray.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package computerblocks.display.ui.menu;
+
+import computerblocks.display.*;
+import computerblocks.display.ui.menu.elements.*;
+import computerblocks.player.*;
+import computerblocks.player.io.*;
+import computerblocks.Grid;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.awt.image.*;
+import java.awt.Image;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class SnippetTray {
+  public int lifeTime = 0;
+  public int x, y, width, height;
+  private int border = 8;
+
+  private int animationTime = 10;
+
+  public SnippetTray() {
+    System.out.println("SnippetTrat Init");
+  }
+
+  public void update(Display display, Player player, Grid grid) {
+    lifeTime += 1;
+    System.out.println("lifeTime: " + lifeTime);
+
+    height = display.height * 8 / 10;
+    width = display.width / 6;
+
+    // darken game
+    display.color(new Color(0f, 0f, 0f, 0.4f));
+    display.rect(0, 0, display.width, display.height);
+
+    // draw background box
+    display.color(Color.UI_BORDER);
+    display.rect(display.width - (width+border)/2 - width/2 + animX(), display.height/2 - (height+border)/2, width+border, height+border);
+    display.color(Color.BACKGROUND);
+    display.rect(display.width - width + animX(), display.height/2 - height/2, width, height);
+  }
+
+  private int animX() {
+    if (lifeTime < animationTime) {
+      return width/animationTime*(animationTime - lifeTime);
+    } else return 0;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/computerblocks/player/Player.java b/src/computerblocks/player/Player.java
index 7510b06..8675b73 100644
--- a/src/computerblocks/player/Player.java
+++ b/src/computerblocks/player/Player.java
@@ -39,18 +39,26 @@ public void draw(Display display, Grid grid) {
     if (state == State.PASTE && snippet != null) snippet.ghost(display, this, grid.mouseOverBlock(this));
   }
 
-  public void update(Display display, Grid grid, MenuController menuController) {
-    updateMenu(menuController);
+  public void update(Display display, Grid grid, MenuController menuController, SnippetTray snippetTray) {
+    if (state != State.SNIPPET) updateMenu(menuController, snippetTray);
     updateSelection(grid);
     updatePaste(grid, display);
-
+    if (state == State.SNIPPET) {
+      if (keyboard.down(Keyboard.ESC) || keyboard.down('P')) {
+        state = State.GAME;
+      }
+    }
     if (state.doPlayerTranslate) updateTranslate(grid, display);
     if (state.doPlayerInteraction) updateInteraction(grid, display);
 
     mouse.update(display);
   }
 
-  private void updateMenu(MenuController menuController) {
+  private void updateMenu(MenuController menuController, SnippetTray snippetTray) {
+    if (keyboard.down('P')) {
+      snippetTray.lifeTime = 0;
+      state = State.SNIPPET;
+    }
     if (keyboard.down(Keyboard.ESC)) {
       if (state == State.GAME) {
         menuController.currentMenu = menuController.pauseMenu;
diff --git a/src/computerblocks/player/io/Keyboard.java b/src/computerblocks/player/io/Keyboard.java
index 37c4229..66fe9fa 100644
--- a/src/computerblocks/player/io/Keyboard.java
+++ b/src/computerblocks/player/io/Keyboard.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 public class Keyboard implements KeyListener {
   public static final int SHIFT = 16;
   public static final int ESC = 27;
+  public static final int TAB = 9;
 
   public boolean[] keys;