A-HA~!  Once again, I see the light!  That must be what Cybermonk was alluding to as well.  So the same thing can be done to direct selection of sub-elements too, I assume?  Like mapping the number keys on the keyboard to toggle directly between vertices, edges, and faces?  Thanks, guys!  That will definitely help speed things up!

Lux, what did you mean by "I haven't seen any which bypass the menus for deleting sub-elements, which I would find more useful"?  Isn't that the solution you just gave me, or am I not understanding something more?

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