Just loaded up skyrim to play for a bit and noticed that a new patch downloaded via steam (automatically which I'm not fond of). Now I can no longer use any keyboard controls in the character menus, so I can no longer use potions that are scrolled off my screen. My guess is that one is supposed to use the scroll wheel on a mouse except that I use a trackball and as such don't have this.

Anyone else think it's absurd to NOT allow keyboard input on the crappy UI?

If you are having specific issues on PC, use the existing discussion topic: http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1298554-patch-12-unofficial-thread-3/