Control propogation of adjustment layer?

hi there,
quick photoshop analogy to get to my question:
in photoshop, you can control the propogation of an adjustment layer located within a group by changing the default blend mode of the group from "pass through" to "normal"
is there some similar method in after effects to limit an adjustment layer's influence to only those layers within the same pre-comp?
thanks very much
LML

If the adjustment layer is in a precomp, it shouldn't be affectling layers outside of the precomp (unless you've selected the continuously rasterize button).

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Thanks for the suggestion but that has no effect on them being grayed out or not. When this problem occurs it does not matter if the Mask is highlighted OR the adjustment itself.
But thanks anyway.
I am currently without the issue on the above example having removed the problem by adding additional adjustment layers and removing them again. Even if I now select just the adjustment mask I can still access ALL adjustment controls without problem.
But it will occur again as it has done over the last few months on a random basis. Hopefully someone else has seen this occur and found a solution?

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