Ability to set White Bal and Tone by "dabbing" on a related point in a reference photo

It would be helpful to have the ability to set White Bal and Tone by "dabbing" on a related point in a reference photo. In other words, to dab on specific point (with the dabber tool) within a reference photo; then dab on the related point in other photos in order to adjust their WB and Tone to match that of the reference photo.
I ran into this need recently. I had a series of pictures where the wall behind my subject was the same (as well as the light hitting it). Yet, I was shooting in Auto WB and Auto Exposure (as I usually do - and maybe should not) and as such many of the images looked different. In this case it would have been helpful to have the wall serve as a reference to which I could match all the images. Indeed I ended up using the wall as a visual reference anyway and adjusted the WB and Tone manually with the sliders.
In some cases, I could use Sync, but it's been my experience that Sync does not always render the same look to all the photos. Perhaps this dabbing tool would offer more control.
Joe

Select the images. Hit W to go to White balance in Develop. Click the one with the reference WB in filmstrip. Click to set WB. Hit the Sync button. Select WB.
Or. Pick your image with the WB (the wall in your example). Right click and 'Copy Settings'. Click only the White Balance. Then select the other images and 'Paste Settings'.

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