Select More/Less

Select More

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Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Select ‣ Select More/Less ‣ More

Shortcut:

Ctrl-NumpadPlus

Grows the selection to include the elements at its border. Specifically, this adds the neighbors of the currently selected elements, with the type of those neighbors (vertices, edges, or faces) depending on the Selection Mode.

Options

Face Step

Add whole neighboring faces even if they only share a single vertex.

From left to right: initial selection – Select More – Face Step enabled

Select Less

Reference

Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Select ‣ Select More/Less ‣ Less

Shortcut:

Ctrl-NumpadMinus

Shrinks the selection to exclude the elements at its border. Specifically, this deselects elements that have any unselected neighbors, with the type of those neighbors (vertices, edges, or faces) depending on the Selection Mode.

Options

Face Step

Deselect elements that share a vertex with an unselected face.

Select Next Active

Reference

Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Select ‣ Select More/Less ‣ Next Active

Shortcut:

Shift-Ctrl-NumpadPlus

Selects the element that “logically follows” the two most recently selected ones.

Initial selection.

Using Next Active once.

Using Next Active twice.

Select Previous Active

Reference

Mode:

Edit Mode

Menu:

Select ‣ Select More/Less ‣ Previous Active

Shortcut:

Shift-Ctrl-NumpadMinus

Deselects the last selected element and makes the next-to-last one active again.