Select/text/fingering

In the Fingering palette it's possible to add LH fingerings to the left of a note. When I use Select/text/fingering it gets added above. I thought I might be able to alter this in Properties, but I can't see any options but "Above" or "Below" (which I take to be the staff).

In fact, even when I select/compare the two properties sheets for the LH fingering options (side & above) as they appear in my score, I can't actually see what motivates the behaviour.

Another oddity seems to be that if I drag the fingerings to reposition then AFTER adding via Select/text/menu, the notes don't respace, whereas if I add fingerings via the palette, repositioning them does trigger a respace.

Ultimately what I'd like to achieve is different (customizable?) options for LH and RH fingering. I prefer RH above the staff and LH on the staff, but there are some scores where the other way round is better.

I feel I did this one in Musescore 2, via the Inspector, maybe? But I can't work out how to duplicate it via Properties

Thanks in anticipation