Most direct way to select the innermost group on Illustrator

I have multiple groups of shapes in a hierarchy that goes several levels deep. Something like this:

Layer 1

    Group 1
        Group 11
            Shape 111
            Shape 112
        Group 12
            Shape 121
            Shape 122
    Group 2
        Group 21
            Shape 211

            Shape 212
        Group 22
            Shape 221
            Shape 222

Each time I need to add some effect to one of the innermost groups, say Group 11, I need to double-click my way through all the parent groups in the hierarchy. The problems is that after I save changes Illustrator losses the current group I'm editing and goes back to the top level of the hierarchy, Layer 1 in this case.

How can I quickly select one of the innermost groups? Is there a shortcut or something I can use?

Answer

Select it with the layers panel. Only normal selection will mark the layer not select it you need to select it with the round dot next to the object name.