(CS4) Question about the gradient tool

There was a time when the default behavior for the gradient tool was "foreground to transparent"
Then, at some point, the default behavior became "repeat last gradient" - even if the last gradient was an FX applied to a layer.
I find the latter annoying as hell, and slowing me down considerably, in that I have to click on the gradient and manually select "foreground to transparent" every time I need to use it.
Is there any way to change this default behavior?
Thanks!

Nope. I filed a bug report on this way back then, but apparently it was not important enough to be changed back in a patch update.
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