Morphonius: You are right, it is a bit odd that you can't immediately create one type of node or the other in the shape editor tool.

Relying on the current creation mode or double-clicking to change the node's type after creation both upset the workflow because they force you to think about the type of node at the "wrong" time - I mean, not at the time you are creating the node.

MarkMyWords has the right solution - use a key modifier to change the node type that will be created when you click. We can't use right-clicks because they are standardised to bring up context menus now. (I realise there are exceptions to that standard but that's how right-clicks /should/ be used.)

Since the Shape Editor doesn't use any key modifiers when handling clicks that should be fairly easy to implement without affecting the existing working of the tool.

Please don't assume that we will be able to do this, though. There are so many other things to do.

Phil