When placing or inserting devices you now have the possibility that symbol or macro variants chosen via the [Tab] key can be retained. The new user-specific Retain symbol / macro variant when placing device setting is available to activate this behavior (menu path: Options > Settings > User > Device > General).

If this check box is activated, the selected variant is retained.

• When a device is placed from the device navigator, the symbol variant of a function is retained if the subsequent functions belong to the same function category.
• When a device is inserted repeatedly, the first symbol of the device which was used for this device during the last insert is used for the variant.
  During inserting the same applies for other symbols of the device as for placing - a selected variant is retained for this inserting as long as the function category does not change.