Noteheads in tab changed in 4.4.x

In either 4.4.2 or 4.4.1 I found that if I have only a tab staff present I cannot select the parentheses notehead eg (5) unless I have a linked clef (shown or unshown, doesn't seem to make a difference). This did previously work for only tab staff.

I also noticed that a cross notehead for tab is now a capital X instead of the previous more discrete lower case x. I could not find an option to change it back in the handbook, I prefer the less shouty x :-)

Thanks for any advice!