Provide an alternative compact view of the "inventory" section without full descriptions.

[zeel01]

A display similar to spellcasting lists, with items in comma separated lists grouped by type of item, such as:

Consumables: Arrows (30), Potion of Healing (2)
Armor: Plate Armor
Loot: Platinum Ring, Copper Goblet

As a secondary idea, the parenthetical information could contain item-type specific data where applicable:

Consumables: Arrows (x30), Potion of Healing (x2)
Armor: Plate Armor (AC 18)
Loot: Platinum Ring (100 GP), Copper Goblet (30 GP)

(quantity, Armor Class if equipped, value, etc)

That might not be worth the effort, and might make the list too confusing though.