Default category for a Payee

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Default category for a Payee

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Wish I could prevent default category change
I noticed that MoneyManager always changes the default category for a payee to match whatever you last selected in the New/Edit Transaction window. Is there a way to prevent that behavior, if a category is already defined as default?

The only time I change the category in the transaction window is because it is not normal. (E.g. a fuel station that is almost always a car/fuel category but occasionally food).

To attempt to fix this, I went to Tools > Options > Others. I changed Default Category from Last used payee, to None, but I can't tell what difference that made (if any). I also don't understand what the third option Unused means here. Any Ideas?

When is default category used?
When is the default category used? In the New Transaction window, I expected selecting a payee would automatically select the default category (if it hadn't been selected yet). I also expected it to assign categories during import. As far as I can tell the Default Category isn't being used anywhere. Is that correct?

Currently I assign default categories after import using a custom script.
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