Graduated Filter always starts at top/bottom of frame LR 2.1 final

My understanding is that a Graduated Filter effect should start where you initially click in the frame, and continue down/up until you've stopped dragging. If I'm dragging down, the filter always starts at the top of the frame (NOT where I initially clicked). Dragging up, it always starts at the bottom. Am I missing something here?
(Windows XP)

Thanks for your responses so far.
Jao: so it works as expected for you.
Don: say I've clicked at the mid-point of the frame and dragged down. I can indeed adjust the resulting LOWER bar with the results I expect (I can raise/lower the point at which the filter effect stops). And, as I lower/raise the upper bar, the effect (lower exposure, in this case) BETWEEN the bars behaves as expected.
BUT, the section of the frame between the upper bar and the top of the frame (which should not be affected at all) remains "maximally affected", i.e., exposure in the entire section has been lowered (as it was from the initial application of the filter).
Maybe this is a bug, since Jao gets the expected results?
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