I made an account just so I could agree with the OP here, and BEG for the old way to be restored.
I genuinely don't understand what was wrong with the way it was - it was such a smooth system, and now it's so clunky and time-consuming. I'm at a point in the game where inventory management is everything, and it's so frustrating and annoying to use now. I'm not really excited about playing anymore (and certainly not about starting a new run) and I think I'm just gonna stand back and wait to see if it gets fixed.
Begging here. On my hands and knees, Larian!
I really like this game, and for being a "little thing", this change has sucked an impressive amount of satisfaction out of it.