I went to do my inventory changes today and now I see shopify has added another whole step in the processes. Normally I would open the product page. Click on the inventory quantity and replace it with a new quantity. Now there is a new update. When you click the on hand quantity a new drop down box pops up below, now another click to open the drop down box, now another click to indicate you want to remove inventory, now you have go over to the quantity box and type in the number you want to subtract from the current inventory. Than you have to go and click done, than you have to go and click save. Talk about making things take longer and become more complicated. Who comes up with this stuff!
Shopify made inventory edits more complicated
They changed it from direct quantity editing to an adjustment-based flow for tracking and audit reasons, but it adds extra clicks and slows things down.
Fastest workaround:
Use Products → Bulk edit → Inventory available
You can still type the quantity directly and save once.
There’s no way to revert to the old method.
They have since fixed the major flaw in the way this was done. You just click on the “on hand” quantity and change it in the pop up box. Then hit the “check”. Easy enough. Something I have noticed though is if you change the quantity, but then continue editing some other thing, maybe you want to change the sku, you may notice that the change you made on the inventory reverts back. You must hit the save button once you have done the inventory change before doing further edits, at least that has been my experience.