Change drawing layers

How do you change to the layer you want to draw with.  I have to draw in the default layer and change it to  the one I want.  When I make the change sometimes it extends the line I am trying to change on both ends.

You always draw on the active layer. To select the active layer click into the naming field in the Layer List. The field gets grey and the text bold.

To move an existing entity to different layer use Tools - Modify - Properties for a single or - Attributes for several entities.

If the target layer is marked as construction layer (double lined cross), all lines will go to infinity.