How to manage audio regions ?

Well , kind of hard to explain.
I'm recording punchins over an audio track, it's seems that the last recorded region is hide behind the old regions that was there before.
Want the last region recorded on top so I see what's has been recorded !!
Is this possible ? , other wise, it gets messy when you edit the track, searching behide...
thanks!

From what you've asked I might guess you worked in another DAW before.
I think (my two cents) you should try a different way which will -by the way- get you to the same point
I am sure I can see the region which is "behind" a region in the same track - simply by clicking to a free space in Arrange window.
But I never have two (same) regions in one track over each other in Logic - this method I do not use (in Logic). I create a new track of a same channel everytime I want to record a new take. If I record in Cycle mode, I check in preferences to create new track for every new take and to mute the previous take(s).
This, together with combination of channel & region based solo modes and mutes is quite good in Logic - well unless someone did not get upset that region based solos and mutes do "take a little time".
As this process may lead to huge number of regions/tracks I keep them in Folders and I keep them inside Folders from the early beginning of recording sessions.
For example: my "band" recording template has tracks divided to "Guitars" , Lead Vocal", "Bass" , "Synths", "Drums" "Backing Vocals" etc. folders. Folders within folders are no bad idea at all - at least for "garbage" or region backups etc...
Some Logic users reported that playback of their "heavy" projects improved as soon as they organized audioregions to Folders.
And finally Screensets help to move fast from Folder to Folder and anywhere else.

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