Move tool, right click should show exact layer

Question

On mac when you right click with the move tool, it brings up the list of all the layers, plus it starts your mouse over the layer you right clicked on. But in Windows, when I right click, it just starts the mouse on the top left of the list of layers. I want it to auto find the layer, like in mac. How can I make it do that? Thanks.

Answer 1

As Paulo said, just click on the image with the move tool when its Auto Select box is checked in the tool's options and this will select the topmost layer containing the clicked pixel. I use it like that all the time. Holding Ctrl will toggle the state of this option. So, if you use the Move tool with this option off, just hold Ctrl and click to select the topmost layer containing the clicked pixel - alternative to Alt + right click.
When you right click, the popup shows a list of all layers containing pixels under the clicked point in the corresponding stacking order with the topmost layer being first on the list - just select it, your mouse is almost there.
Another handy thing if you are like me working most of the time with gazilions of layers is when you right click and press a key with the first letter of the layer's name it selects it. Sometimes this is much faster when I often need to select certain layer/s down a long list.