Affinity Photo - Different defaults for clone stamp and inpainting source layer

[stroiman]

When I retouch with e.g. the Clone Stamp tool or Inpainting Brush Tool, I always create a new empty pixel layer for the retouching, leaving the original image untouched.

This means that I always need to change the source layer every time to be "Current Layer & Below"

It would be nice if I could set that as my preferred default.

[PaulEC]

This is another example of when it would be better if a setting was "sticky".

One thing that does annoy me about the Affinity apps is the way Serif seems to think that users prefer to keep reverting to a default setting chosen by the developers, rather than keeping a setting that they have chosen themselves!

[Gripsholm Lion]

Can someone brighter than me tell me whether there is any situation in which using those corrective brush tools on a new empty layer would not require "current layer and below" for sampling?

I cannot think of one, so I am rather curious...

If there is no such scenario, could the assistant automatically enable that option for us when we create an empty layer and select a relevant tool which requires it?

It seems so obvious that I feel as though I am missing something; which would not be a first.