Keith,
I personally leave this off by default. That way, if I need to change something temporarily, I make the change. When I'm done with the change, I set the current workspace current again and I'm back the way I want it. If I want to change it permanently, I'll toggle that option on, change my current workspace to the current workspace (hence saving the changes) and then toggle it back off.
Brian Hailey
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