Drumstick pointer mis-selects items.

Hi
I’m using the GAone supplied with my cubase essentials. I have sussed most things out. When drawing notes (diamond shaped dots) in the track editor the drumstick pointer causes (in snap mode) a thin black cursor line at the beat where I want to insert the note and all is well ‘n’ groovy. If however there is already a note on an adjacent beat (where there is no cursor) the pointer incorrectly selects and deletes that dot instead of inserting on the cursor as intended.
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By my logic the deleted note is not chosen by the cursor and should be left well alone and if I want to delete it then I’ll make sure the cursor is on it. The only way I can get round it at the moment is to waste time expanding the horizontal scale to push them apart but then I lose my wider overview of the track.
Is there an adjustment for pointer sharpness/padding as it’s almost like it has a huge hidden ball on the end?
Does anyone else’s do this and is there a solution?
Cheers