Actually, the DESG behaviour still puzzles me. I'd assume that DESG would be boxed if *any* target is designated, and that unboxing it would have the same effect as the "undesignate target" HOTAS button. In that case it would make sense that AUTO cues only show up with DESG boxed. As it stands you can designate a target but have DESG unboxed, and you'd need to press DESG switching the designation away from your target and selecting the waypoint as designation, meaning you'd need to reacquire the target in order to get the AUTO cues.
