Choose to what keychain a password is stored

Hi,
I have several keychains, and one of them is for safari passwords (log in names, etc). If I am visiting a new site, and fill in my name and password, safari asks whether I want to store the password. If I click 'yes', then the password is stored in the 'general' keychain (the one that opens when I log in to my comp). However, I want it to be stored in the 'safari keychain'. This means I have to drag the new keychain item to the 'safari keychain' every time I add an item. (I hope you can follow ;)) For the rest the system works fine: I open safari, visit my webmail-page and then my mac asks me to open the 'safari keychain'.
BUT....
Why doesn't my computer ask what keychain I want to use if I add a new password? This would be very handy. Not just for safari, but for any program.
To be clear: the safari keychain is already unlocked, so that's not it.
I hope I make sense...

Since I only have one login.keychain that stores everything, I don't know how you can set up another for use with Safari. When I go to a new secure website, create a new account, Safari only pops up, and asks if I want to store the username/password combo in my *default login.keychain*. I see no place where it's asking to store the information in a different keychain. Maybe I don't understand the keychain mechanism, correctly. As for the why, it would probably be simpler to create a standard account for those other people to use. Logging out and into that one for your guests.

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