How to make a variable "public" and editable when the eye icon next to it does nothing when i'm clicking on it ?

As it seems this is the new default setting on unreal 5.1 and someone told me there are no downsides to this. You can check it out on my other thread similar to this one.
i qoute the guy that told me this “That is correct- there are no downsides whatsoever. It’s purely aesthetic.”
If you think otherwise you can share what are the downsides that you have