I must admit it is a bit mystifying since I never turn it off or at least I can't remember I time when I wanted to nor do I remember doing so. Regardless when support gurus Trey and Danny challenged me with their questions I found it was off.
Fwiw, I'd prefer that it didn't impact grid and level placement editing behavior regardless.
At least it prompted me to deal with a couple hours of windoze updates I'd been postponing.