See...I never knew that either.kritikon, there's kind of a hidden option that is the culprit to the behavior you describe.
Did you know the standard selection tool has three modes? i.e. the most basic of the tool modes in cubase: the arrow. Selecting the arrow from the tool menu (or shortcut or the arrange top bar) several times in succession let's you switch the modes.
I suspect there's an awful lot of things I wish I knew about SX if only I knew that they were there to know about. Y'know...I was really happy with Cubase ver1.0 once upon a time. Midi on its own was soooooooooooo much easier.
There's probably an option in SX to decide how many options you can have.
