> I also find that when I select multiple objects in a hierarchy, the > second last thing I selected goes white, but the thing I select stays > green. this makes it hard to tell weather I selected the object or not.
Many Maya commands like parent have a specific selection ordering where the last selected item is important. (e.g. item to parent all the other selected objects to) Therefore Maya draws the last selected object in a different color for this reason. See Window > Preferences > Color Settings > Active: Objects vs. Lead object -- Brent
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