[AD] locating layers under other layers

[Gear maker]

In a large drawing I end up with one layer on top of another, on top of another, etc.  If I do a click or a cmd + click on a spot AD finds the top layer.  How can I find the layers below the top layer?  Is there a modifier that goes to the next layer existing in that spot?  Or is there a way to get a selection of layers that exist under the cursor?

[MEB]

Hi Gear maker,

Press ⌥ (option/alt) and click on the same spot to select (cycle) through the objects below.

[Gear maker]

Hi MEB, you came through again.  Except I needed to double click with the option down.  But it worked.  Thank you.  This will be most handy.

[MEB]

Are your objects inside a group? If they are inside a layer there's no need to double-click. If you have them inside a group you must double-click the first time to enter/select the group first.

[Gear maker]

They are inside several groups.  So a single click finds the next inside the same group, the double searches for another group.  Got it.  Thank you.

[MEB]

No, not exactly. When there's several groups things get more complex. ⌥ (option/alt) will cycle trough the sibling groups. A double click will enter inside the group then, an ⌥ (option/alt)+ click will cycle trough the objects inside the group until there's no more objects, then goes to the next group.

Basically, the double-click only serve to enter inside groups. It doesn't cycle trough them.

 

I believe this can still be improved. When dealing with several groups located on the same spot things get tricky to enter inside on one of the groups below the first one (sitting on top).

[Gear maker]

A double-click alone finds the top layer but enters into the node tool.  So in your last sentence do you mean double-click or opt + double-click?

 

I'm going to just have to pay with this as I'm getting very mixed results.  Sometimes it's getting stuck on one layer, I think it might be because there is a bounding box handle for the selected item at that location.  And in other areas I opt + click or opt + double-click it seems to be skipping a layer.  Then as I step down it gets to the bottom group and just steps through the layers in that group until I do a cmd-click to just to the top layer again.

 

Anyway now I have the chance of finding the layer.