Convert Selection
Selection > Convert Selection
 

Description:

      The Convert Selection (Selection > Convert Selection) submenu allows you to switch selection modes while retaining the current selection. You can convert the current selection to faces, edges, or vertices. Only components of the new selection mode which had all of their elements selected in the old mode will be selected. For example, if in vertex mode three of four vertices of a 4-sided face are selected, then converting the selection to faces will not select that face.


Notes:

-Some prefer this mode of converting selection to the default mode of switching selections which does not maintain the selection.

-Changing the selection mode from face to texture (and vice-versa) always maintains face selections, which is why there is no conversion to texture mode.

-Although you cannot convert a selection to object mode, you can convert a selection from object mode to any of the other modes.