Why can't I highlight a layer in a photo by touching it?

On a many layered photo, I used to be able to highlight a layer by touching it, so I could edit the layer. Now I can't highlight the layer unless I scroll down on the layers tool on the side bar. This is hard to do with some of my larger projects. Any reason this just started? I never had a problem before.

The way I do it is by clicking on the side panel on the layer I want to select.  See this picture:
If you don't see this panel in Expert mode than go to:
Window >> Layers  (or just press F11 on a windows system).
You can select the layer by clicking on it but if the size of the layer is too big to cover the entire image then clearly you can't.
Hope this helps.

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