P: copy & paste settings should be available in the rating panel

If I have a lot of similar images, I edit the first one and copy the settings.
Then I would like to apply the settings to the next photo in the ratings panel, rate the image, move on to the next one and so on.
Unfortunately, I always have to go back to the editing mode first, as "paste settings" is only available there. This is inconvenient and takes much longer.