Right now I use the little text readout at the bottom that shows the selected object’s layer… Then have to cruise through the layer tree until I find the offending layer.
Would be nice if the layer (and parents if collapsed) glowed or highlighted or something subtle so I can drill down visually instead of having to search for the correct text.
That’s a great idea.
Hi Ryan, to highlight the layer of the currently selected object, you can click on the Tools icon (hammer) in the layer manager and choose “Select Object Layer”. In case of many many layers, it will scroll automatically to the selected layer. Two clicks i know, personally i would like to see a single button for it in the layer manager…
c.
Hi Ryan.
We have submitted your request for consideration in Rhino 6.
(RH-25723)
Thanks for your idea.
Sincerely,
Mary Fugier
McNeel Technical Support
For the record, I’d like Clement’s idea better, to have a dedicated button in the layer manager.
Having the layer list jump around when selecting objects would be annoying.
Maybe it would be better as an option to auto-highlight the layer in the layer tree with a sub option to auto-expand a parent layer to show the child layer. If not, just the parent layer would be highlighted.
Eric yeah that’s what I was thinking. It just highlights the parent. 99% of the time you wouldn’t look at it or care. I wouldn’t want it scrolling around or auto expanding anything.
A literal decade since this was submitted! 
I just introduced a client to Rhino 8 and automatic highlighting of the layer of the currently selected object was the first thing he asked about. 
Hi,
I do this now, many times, however the pain is IT DOESNT SCROLL AUTOMATICALLY, one has to scroll down to find it. V5.
an auto scroll with layer highlughts upon object selection would be good. With ability to turn such off.
but why so long to implement this ?
does V8 have it ?
sort of ?
Steve
Yes, Rhino 8 highlights the layer(s) and expands parent layers when using _HighlightObjectLayer command or by choosing Select Object Layers from the hammer icon in the Layers panel.
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c.
Has this ever been implemented? This is a very useful and straightforward feature, but I can’t seem to find a way to enable it
Hi 0.0001 -
If you are referring to automatically expanding and highlighting layers, then, no.
RH-25723 was set to “Won’t fix”.
As mentioned in this thread, you need to either use the HighlightObjectLayer command or the tool from the Layers panel.
-wim
I mean, only by reading that ticket do I now see that existing highlight… but that’s frankly crap UX because:
But yeah, forcing the user to repeatedly do things manually is the design philosophy of Rhino. 
Rhino motto: We give you RSI! CAD, pwah, you want aid go somewhere else.
If I understand correctly, it was decided 10 years ago it won’t be fixed and just left at that?
Since this is a good UX feature that almost all competitive or otherwise software implement on some level, I really urge Mcneel to reconsider, especially since there are years of posts on this topic.
