When right clicking Connections => New Node or New Folder the new item should start in editing mode so that it can be named immediately without additional clicks.
Note for posterity: this is a regression from previous behavior.
Accepted PR by @pfjason. This will be included in v1.76
This feature should have been added to 1.76 but is not in the alpha version that was released in dec.
Found the issue - fix should be available in the next v1.76 alpha release