This happens to myself and my brother very often. In early game conflict, it's sometimes imperative to learn that knew skill to finish off the kill that's escaping. I have lost quite a few kills because I needed a skill, and clicked to learn it, try to cast, then try to learn it again, and then end up practically spamming the + button to try and learn it in such a crucial moment.
I personally am training myself to use the keyboard shortcuts now, but there are many players that do not prefer the shortcut, and so this really needs to be fixed.