Doesn't it show the ranges when you press @?
Perhaps it's not in inventory but it's easily accessible and I use it often when playing a duelist.

[:b] displays current encumbrance and carrying ranges. Fast and easy.

^what Orfeni said. I use it often.

I don't think that the :b command would counter this request. Despite that option, there's an encumbrance stat on the inventory screen. I think it's just a nice small UI enhancement to make it a smart stat.

It kind of does. The inventory current encumbrance is notoriously unreliable though (just ask anyone who's broken an ice bridge). You can either pull up the inventory screen to check encumbrance or use :b to check your encumbrance levels: people should use :b.

Exactly, the :b command has its uses when you want more information. But if you're looking at your inventory to figure out what you want to drop to reduce your burdened level, it would be handy if it was all there in one place with one command. Its really just a UI enhancement and nothing more than that.

Even better would be if the drop/pickup commands kept a running result of your current weight as you select items, so you'd know when you've selected enough junk to drop to push you down an encumbrance level.

Though it is misleading that the current inventory screen labels it as your "carrying capacity" when you can carry more weight than that around if you really want to.

The value displayed in the inventory screen is misleading and useless after that. (I also use :b currently)

This has to change and Andur's latest suggestion of the game doing the arithmetic for the player would also be wonderful.

Even though the encumbrance information is available with :b, this would be an improvement of the inventory information, as it would clearly be more informative than the current display. I vote yes.