User Interface - Assign Hotkeys to each sub-element mode.

After you bring up the selection menu with CTRL+TAB, simply highlight the mode you want, then right-click on it. This will bring up another menu, which will allow you to assign a hotkey. Simply put your mouse over the box, and type the key you want to assign it to. Again, I used 1, 2, 3, which overwrote switching between layers. So as long as you don't switch layers constantly during every modeling session, this shouldn't be a problem. Finally, once your hotkeys are set, you need to save the Preferences, or it will not retain them when you close the software. So go to File>Preferences> and click on Save. *Credit to LuxXeon for this tip.

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