Selection styles determine the way you select components in your scene. There are two selection styles in
Maya:
Marquee and
Drag. You can set the selection style in the
Tool Settings (double-click the Select tool icon
) or the
Modeling Toolkit window.
Marquee select
Marquee select draws a rectangular box over the components you want to select. You can interactively adjust marquee selections by dragging a marquee box, and then Alt-dragging it to a new position.
Note: You can quickly toggle between the two selection styles using Tab. Holding Tab after making a marquee selection temporarily activates Tab
Drag select, letting you quickly add and remove components from your existing marquee selection. See
Resize a marquee selection with drag select.
Drag select
Drag select is like Paint Selection without a brush size. This selection style lets you drag the cursor over components you want to select.
Drag select also lets you select vertices when your cursor isn't touching them, making selections fast and easy. By default, Maya's preselection highlighting and
Drag select highlight the component that is closest to the cursor.
Tip: Turn off
Highlight nearest component in the
Select Tool settings or the
Modeling Toolkit to highlight components only when your cursor is on top of them. See
Highlight components before selecting them.