Question: Select UV-unwrapped Island on mesh?

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So my question is: Is there a way to select my UV-Unwrapped Islands on my mesh directly?
What i mean is: My mesh is cuttted in different islands with marked seams. Once its UV unwrapped and i select my mesh in a whole with “A” you see all the different Islands in The UV/Image window.
Now what i’m wondering aboud is, can you select on youre mesh itself directly a whole island (like you can select an other part of mesh thats not connected with the mainmesh with “L” -select linked).

I hope you guys understand what i’m trying to ask here.

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Press L with your mouse over your mesh and you’ll select the island your mouse is currently over. This will only work while in face select mode.
In the UV/Image Editor you can set the selection to Islands is addition to the normal vertex/edge/face selection. There is a button on the window header.

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Aha, thanks very much, that answers it perfectly :slight_smile: