I turn this "feature" off since I use switch machines that have right and left side versions on my NG routes. I try to have the indictor on the driver side unless the track work doesn't permit it. And I have to consider right and left divergent turnouts. One size doesn't fit all cases with these switch machines. So I always add them manually. I usually get it right with the 2nd try. I mean there's only 2 choices. But if I haven't figured it out by the 3rd attempt it's time to get up and take a break.
Bob Pearson
I've tried the manual approach myself, but I prefer let the program place my junctions for me then I bulk update them to what I want. Usually they manage to fall on the right side, but not always. As you duly noted, it's a 50% possibility of getting it right the first time.
At the moment, I am rebuilding an ancient route, actually part of a route I built back in 2005 or so. This was an "updated" version of an earlier route. For some reason, this version is missing junction levers when I updated it. It's not a '19 thing because I had brought the route into T:ANE originally and the problem exists there as well. Since there are no junction levers, I've been busily adding junctions and adjusting track to update the route to current standards. The process isn't quite as fast for me because I find myself forgetting to add in the junction levers and having to go back to them afterwards. This I know will bite me later because I'll forget them. With that said, I suppose if I got used to adding the junctions manually all along, I would automatically add in my junctions manually and not have to think of it.
I agree to each his own.