Convert Selection

Three shortcuts that switch to vertex, edge or face select mode while converting the current selection the way you usually want it. Going to vertices keeps every endpoint; going to edges expands from vertices but collapses faces to their outline; going to faces promotes verts and edges to the faces they fully define. Edit Mesh mode.

Hotkey: - To Vertices — Alt+F1 - To Edges — Alt+F2 - To Faces — Alt+F3

Tips

• Each switch leaves you in a single select mode, even if you had several enabled.
• One Ctrl+Z reverts the conversion.