Force VS to only allow a specific sublayer shape to be edited?

[Boldline]

Is there a way to tell VS to only allow edits to a particular sublayer? For example, if I have a shape inside a clipping mask that I want to edit with the node editing tool without fear of altering the containing shape - is there a way to do so?
I was thinking the "active shape" option in the layer panel might accomplish this, but it does not seem to.

I was also thinking the isolation mode would due the trick, but even in isolation mode, I can still edit the containing shape

[Subpath]

@Boldline

maybe the "Select members of a group..." could be helpful ?

[Boldline]

@Subpath maybe, but the issue mostly happens when I'm using the node editing tool and that is not related to my choice of transform tool options.

I wonder about a right-click on the sublayer option to "isolate sublayer" or something.

[Boldline]

Right now it's a bit frustrating because there's no good way to isolate a sublayer to edit without accidentally editing the containing object or moving it by mistake, etc... I don't know a way to lock an upper layer while keeping a sublayer layer free to edit.
Perhaps the answer could be tied to the request made a while back for the ability to select a layer or sublayer and right click for the extra menu and tell it to "lock all other layers"?

[VectorStyler]

@Boldline Active shape is something else.
I think this should be an option of the Node tool, whether to allow selection of other shapes, while a shape is already selected.