Open the right click context menu without reselecting

This is the biggest workflow issue I have with the layout editor at the moment:

I have several overlapping sprites, often on the same layer. I select one of them from the z-order bar (or sometimes through tab left-clicking). How can I now open up the right click context menu without messing up my selection?

Is there really no way to access the right-click menu without changing selection? IMHO a right click should not select anything, since we can already select with left click just fine.