Same problem. This is crucial since the equipment wheel is about 2 slots too short as it is. There are 3 types of melee weapons. A ranged one. Food. Drink. Bandages. Smoothie. Shield. Torch.
I un-bind food and drink but its such a pain to have to open my inventory to pull out the canteen. Just make it 10 slots. Or, give us a dedicated torch button like holding Y on controller or something.