Select node behavior changed?

Hello,
Wasn’t there a time when selecting a node also selected its off-curve points/handles? Since the last few versions this has stopped being the case. Selecting by drawing a box now needs to be much more precise, often requiring unselecting nearby nodes. Otherwise, broken segments and single nodes are copied.
I miss the old behavior, and my work has slowed down because of it. If this change is intentional, are there cases where one needs to select two nodes, the curve between them, but NOT the two handles?

Many thanks,

Tom

The selection has never included the offcurve nodes.

It might be that the copying has changed to not include the offcurve nodes.
What you can do is to click the segment line to select all four nodes.