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In the below scene, I cannot seem to select the shape on the left by hovering over it and pressing "L" select connected.

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In the below screen shot, I pressed L to select other elements of the scene, and all became selected properly:

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But no matter how much I try, I cannot seem to select the left side shape...

MicroMachine
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  • I pressed "L" ten times and it eventually selected it... ????? – MicroMachine Sep 21 '15 at 02:57
  • Deselet all by pressing A. Select one vertex with the right mouse buton. Then press L to select other vertices connected to it. –  Sep 21 '15 at 03:17
  • But usually when everything is deselected (A key), I can just hover over an element and press L. Why would it be different now? – MicroMachine Sep 21 '15 at 03:19
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    Small addition to the answer below and comments above: if you already have any componenets (verts, edges, faces) selected, press Ctrl + L to select the entire island. – TLousky Sep 21 '15 at 07:26

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There is a cursor proximity thereshold in the "Select Linked".

If you are in vertex mode, the cursor must be near a vertex to catch the vertex. It won't work if none of the object's vertices fall into the cursor's radius (e.g. if it is in the middle of a big face)

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