Edit clip with “Tapping a clip to select it” disabled

For starters, I have *disabled* the "Tapping a clip selects it" option. I want this setting deliberately because when I play on my MIDI keyboard, I need to keep a specific track selected (eg. Microfreak MIDI track)

I feel like I'm stupid and I swear it didn't work like this before, but when I click-and-hold a specific clip, I expect to edit that one. However, it edits the selected one.

I've made a small video of my problem here:

https://streamable.com/xc333t

Does anyone relate and have a solution for this, while the "Tapping a clip selects it" remains disabled?

Thanks!