Unable to lay down pixel brush until add object or vector layer ?

[awakenedbyowls]

If I open a new document and go straight to pixel mode and try to draw with a brush nothing happens

Why doesn't this basic operation just add a pixel layer by default when I do this ?

I then have to add a pixel layer to get the brush to work but that's not all - in order to add the pixel layer by right clicking on the layers panel I have to got back into vector mode and add a layer there first - why ?

Why can't I even just add a pixel layer from pixel mode until I do this ?

[GarryP]

I’m pretty sure here’s an option for that in Settings / Assistant.

Try this one:

Edited March 29 by GarryP
Added note.

[walt.farrell]

12 minutes ago, awakenedbyowls said:

I then have to add a pixel layer to get the brush to work but that's not all - in order to add the pixel layer by right clicking on the layers panel I have to got back into vector mode and add a layer there first - why ?

You can't right-click in the Layers panel itself; you much right-click on a layer that already exists.

But you could Click on the Add Pixel Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel.

[awakenedbyowls]

3 minutes ago, walt.farrell said:

But you could Click on the Add Pixel Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel.

Yep that could work