Looking for easier way to add Keywords in Bridge

[Bull Rhino]

I've just barely started using Bridge again to try to catalog my various videos.  I love the way you can add keywords to files in Lightroom, by just typing them in and even typing in several with commas between them, and, of course if it is a new keyword that's never been used before it automatically creates it for the list of available ones.  The only way I've been able to find to do keywords in Bridge is to create one using the + button or right clicking in the Keywords panel and selecting "New Keyword" or "New Sub Keyword" and then if I want to add that to a video or group of videos (or any image/file) is to search through the list and check it.  Is there a way to do it like we do in ALR or some other simpler/faster way than searching to find and adding.  I can type them in much faster than search through the list.

TIA for any assistance on this.

[Lumigraphics]

You can use File Info but its buggy, I recommend using the Keyword Panel instead.

[RickZizan]

Same issue here.  I do not use the keywords panel.  Useless to me.

Instead I use the metadate panel opened to IPTC and add my keywords seperated by a semicolon.

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

I can type them in much faster than search through the list.

By @Bull Rhino

The flipside to speed is accuracy/consistency. Ticking the item in a list is at least consistent. Will manually typing them in ensure consistency?