keppel opened this issue on Feb 26, 2009 · 9 posts
lisarichie posted Thu, 26 February 2009 at 4:17 AM
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:Manual/Modelling/Meshes/Edge_and_Face_Tools
CTRL + "+" on NUMPAD to grow selection
CTRL + "-" on NUMPAD to shrink selection
CTRL + UP Arrow to expand the view containing the the cursor
NUMPAD "." frames the current selection also has the benefit of letting you rotate the view around the current selection rather than the base coords, a temporary override and very handy.
Not being rude with the wiki link, just has additional pertinent info concerning selections that you might find useful.