Photoshop CS5 Color Picker and Gradient Maps

I painted a black & white image and put a gradiant map adjustment layer on top to test some colors for the final image.
I set the color picker to "current layer" to keep painting on the black & white Background Layer to get the levels right without actually using color.
But as soon as I open the gradiant map again, the colorpicker picks ONLY the colors from the gradiant map adjustment layer.
Even if I switch off or DELETE the gradiant map, the color picker keeps picking the colors from the gradiant map, that is without ANY color in the whole document.
This seems to be a bug. Can anyone confirm this behaviour?

Thanx for checking. Resetting the preferences seemed to have done the trick. But after I opened the Gradiant Map, it happened again. Fiddling with my settings i finally found the clue. This strange behaviour only happenens, when the Panelwindow of "adjustments" is minimized and docked. As long as the window is fully opened and visible, everything is ok.
Strange though, but glad i found a workaround.
Thanks again.

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