This is one of the main problems I’ve had with Ansel when I’ve tried it. Yes it’s more consistent and like other applications so discoverability is great, but it also takes a bunch more clicks and/or scrolls to get to everything, so things just take longer. I could set up shortcuts but I generally just use those for my most common operations, and after about a dozen or so, I simply forget my less common shortcuts.
On darktable I have my most commonly used utility modules always-open and most stuff is just a click or two away