Yep, and this exactly where one of the design flaw resides : having to use the <Alt> key for this. I am often pesting against it, as I countlessly have to use both hands to perform what should be the default behavior : not practical at all when you have a guitar/bass on your lap, and there is no Tool modifiers equivalent to change this.
Beside this, and among other strange design choices done and evoked in the related thread, there is this one…