#Blender 2.8 select edge loop windows#

Blender calculates which loop to select based on the distance from the center of your click. This is pretty much the exact same thing reworded for people who are new. Holding Shift - Alt while clicking adds to the current selection. Click an edge which belongs in the edge loop you want to select in order to select that loop: Note that the edge clicked also becomes the active edge (white).

You can increase the number of cuts using the menu. If you are using the toolbar button to loop cut then the scroll wheel will adjust the zoom instead. The two versions allow for shift to add and remove from an existing selection, although the labeling here could be much clearer. Holding Alt while selecting an edge selects a loop of edges that are connected in a line end-to-end, passing through the edge under the mouse pointer. The best is still to use the shortcut Ctrl + R, using this method the scroll wheel will adjust the number of loop cuts. Loop selection doesnt work with triangular topology, because at an intersection, it cant determine which path to choose. The ⇧ Shift+ ⎇ Alt+ LMB version becomes ⇧ Shift+ + LMB while the ⎇ Alt+ LMB version becomes + LMB.

#Blender 2.8 select edge loop windows#

If you want the modifier+click functionality, you have to go to Edit -> Preferences -> Keymap and search for 'Loop Select', then rebind both versions of it to another modifier key such as the Windows logo Key (which Blender calls cmd).

This requires one edge to be selected first, and if you try to bind a new hot key from this menu, it will be the two-step version of select edge loops. In 2.8 you can also, while in edit mode, go to the menu at the top of the 3D view port and choose Select -> Select Loops -> Select Edge Loops. So Linux users will need to either disable or remap this function in the window manager, or remap it in Blender. As soon as you click ⎇ Alt, the window manager blocks the left click from reaching any programs. Select your edge, open the Edge menu with Ctrl + E or the context menu ( RMB) as of Blender 2. If you're running Linux, ⎇ Alt+ LMB is a window manager hotkey that lets you drag windows around by clicking anywhere on them.