How to select loops with 'emulate 3 button mouse' and 'LMB select' enabled?

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Is there a way to select loops with Emulate 3 Button Mouse and Left click select enabled?

What about Shift+Alt+LMB? – gandalf3 Dec 22 '13 at 20:10 — gandalf3, Dec 22 '13 at 20:10
Thanks for your answer gandalf3, but it doesn`t work :/ – Grafostagus Dec 22 '13 at 20:18 — Grafostagus, Dec 22 '13 at 20:18

score 15 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 24 '19 at 02:46

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In blender 2.8 it is double left click to select a loop if the Emulate 3 Button Mouse is checked in settings.

edited Mar 24 '19 at 02:46

Duarte Farrajota Ramos

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answered Mar 23 '19 at 15:14

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score 4 · Answer 2 · answered May 04 '19 at 10:53

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In Blender 2.8, it's shift + double left click if emulate 3 button mouse is enabled. ;)

answered May 04 '19 at 10:53

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gmonkey · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-13T15:28:24.137

You can also create a keyboard shortcut in User Preferences > Input. Then expand 3D View > Mesh and click Add New. Enter mesh.loop_select as the identifier and set up your shortcut. I use [. Tick the checkbox for "Toggle Select".

In 2.7 it will act like the L and allow you to multi-select! You can hover and press [ and it will act exactly like if you ALT + RMB without Emulate mouse on.

The answer iKlsR gave is good but it won't behave the same; selecting a face and going Select > Edge Loop will select 2 face loops, which is rarely what you want.

iKlsR · Answer 4 · 2013-12-23T00:08:43.760

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Emulate MMB does not currently work when you choose select with LMB. Blender allows you to select it when it's grayed but it still wont work.

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To select an edge loop, use Alt + LMB or from the view header, select an edge and go to Select > Edge Loop. Additionally, you can map a custom shortcut to this action by right clicking and choosing Change Shortcut.

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answered Dec 22 '13 at 22:07

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 10 '21 at 04:59

In Blender 3.0.0 Alpha in Windows 10 it's also shift + double left click when 'emulate 3 button mouse' and left click to select are enabled. In macOS Option+Left click is still edge loop select, with OS-key set as 3 button modifier, which I think is pretty nice.

I wish there was a way to disable the Windows key while in Blender so that it could be the 3-button modifier like in macOS.

How to select loops with 'emulate 3 button mouse' and 'LMB select' enabled?

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