Figure Selection Question

When you left click on the arm of a figure, say M7, it will initially select the figure if not previously selected and an additional click will select the arm. Is there a way or a key combination where, when you don’t have M7 selected, you can select the arm directly without essentially having to double click it? I’m refering to the view port window where you view the figure and not the scene window.
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In the Tool Settings pane, when one of the Node Selection|Universal|Rotate|Translate|Scale tools are active, change the "Node Selection Mode:" from "Root Node First" to "Node."
Gotcha. Thanks!