Can no longer Ripple Edit an unselected clip

Am I imagining it, or could I - in ye olden dayes - hit B to select the Ripple Edit tool, go to the end or start of a clip, see the cursor change to the ripple edit cursor, and then just grab-and-drag the clip in (or out) point? In PPro Beta, I have to select the clip, THEN hit B, and only then can I start rippling. Is this a new, bad, buggy, behaviour?

System info
    Application: Premiere Pro (Beta) v26.1.1.20
    OS: Windows v10.0.26100, RAM: 127.91 GB GB, CPUs (logical): 32

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