How to double click on an object underneath another?

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I learned that you can long press (click and hold down the mouse for a second) to pop up a menu to select one of the items under the cursor. How can I double click on the item though? In my case, once I select a rule area using the long-click method I need some way to double click it to open the rule area properties editor dialog. Any tips?

Thanks!

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Select the item wanted from the list showing, using the numbers on the keyboard, while still holding the mouse button down.
The symbol you chose will now be highlighted and a further double click will open its properties, or, if you have the properties panel open on the left, the symbol will show in that panel without the double click.

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Thank you!! Now, what if I have two overlapping text items (or any two of the same item type) and I want to double click one?

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See my above (and now complete) comment.

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I see you are a new member, so here is a link to a FAQ which explains much of the forum workings.
New Member Information.

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I’ve seen that menu before but I always tried to click on a item in the list. I never could get that to work. I never thought to use the keyboard and hit a number. Almost makes me want to open a project and play with this new info. :nerd_face:

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Aha! That’s exactly the feature I was looking for. Thank you so much jmk!

I also just discovered that selecting it with a single click and then pressing “e” also opens up the editor dialog.

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Been there, done that :rofl:

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You don’t need the single click, just hover and press E.

When you’re bored and restless and have an hour to kill, visit Preferences > Preferences > Hotkeys, to find nearly 600 other available functions that can have hotkeys.