Selecting

Selection tools are available in the Select Menu in the header, and the shortcuts listed below:

Shortest Path

Reference

Mode

Edit Mode

Menu

Select ‣ Select Linked ‣ Shortest Path

Hotkey

Ctrl-LMB

Selects all UV components along the shortest path from the active component to the one which was selected.

Face Stepping

Supports diagonal paths for vertices and faces, and selects edge rings with edges.

Topological Distance

Only takes into account the number of edges of the path and not the length of the edges to calculate the distances.

Fill Region Shift-Ctrl-LMB

Selects all elements in the shortest paths from the active selection to the clicked area.

Checker Deselect Options

Allows to quickly select alternate elements in a path.

Deselected

The number of deselected elements in the repetitive sequence.

Selected

The number of selected elements in the repetitive sequence.

Offset

Offset from the starting point.

See also

Mesh edit Select Shortest Path.

Select Edge Loops

Reference

Mode

Edit Mode

Hotkey

Alt-LMB, or Shift-Alt-LMB for modifying existing selection.

Holding Alt while selecting a UV component selects a loop of edges that are connected in a line end-to-end, passing through the edge under the mouse pointer. Holding Shift-Alt while clicking adds to the current selection.

See also

Mesh edit Select Edge Loops.