Laptop key bindings interfere with menu selection

When loading the default key binding for laptops (i.e. hjklyubn for movement), it's not possible to interact with menu items that share these letter designations (without navigating manually up/down through the menu).

I'm on the latest beta build (Build ID 5303688) and the issue seems to persist when using either the old or new input manager.

I realize this is functionally somewhat of a design problem rather than a full-blown bug. As a somewhat seasoned Roguelike player, I would recommend looking to DCSS for inspiration here - the arrow keys are always used for menu navigation (since menu navigation obviously doesn't require diagonal movement). Since this might not be ideal for all keybinding configurations, maybe it could be a toggle box in the interface options? ("Only use arrow keys for menu navigation")

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