Maya's UV Selection Mode vs. F12

[jedhunsaker]

I've used numerous machines with Maya and I always run into this same problem....

I enter UV selection mode in two ways: (1) F12 shortcut or (2) right-click in the UV Texture Editor pane and select UV.

Problem is, it doesn't always work! It selects the entire shell. What the hell am I doing wrong? Isn't F12 supposed to work all the time?

[jedhunsaker]

This is not a solution, but a workaround. I find that having the UV shell selection tool selected is the root of the problem and that I can't deselect it for the life of me, so restarting Maya and hitting F12 before ever having selected the UV shell selection tool is the workaround to the problem for now until I hear something better.