Subdivide - right out of the gate

Question

You said something about "right-clicking" to bring up the menu for {subdividing}.

Two things:

I've been using "right clicking" to select (blame Jonathan Williamson for that one lol), so I tried left-clicking, {ALT}, {CTRL}, or {SHIFT} clicking - still no menu. So for sh**s and giggles I tries "W" - voila the fated menu.

I am using 4.4.3 if that makes difference.

Answer 1 · 2025-07-17T21:56:07Z

Martin Bergwerf replied July 17, 2025 9:56pm

Yes, W brings up the 'specials' Menu for us Right Click Selecters.

That has been the shortcut for a very long time (long before 2.80), but (fun fact) I just tested it, and in for instance 2.49 (that is the oldest Blender Version I have on my PC) W brings up a Boolean Menu.

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Answer 2 · 2025-07-17T23:13:08Z

replied July 17, 2025 11:13pm

Yep, even in 1.80 the W was the specials menu.

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Answer 3 · 2025-07-18T06:03:46Z

Martin Bergwerf replied July 18, 2025 6:03am

Oh, yes, Dwayne is right!

I tested it in Object Mode in 2.49. In Edit Mode W brought up the Specials Menu:

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Answer 4 · 2025-07-18T12:57:59Z

Omar Domenech replied July 18, 2025 12:57pm

Even today my brain still goes W and subdivide. Muscle memory fades way too slowly.

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Answer 5 · 2025-07-19T00:57:59Z

replied July 19, 2025 12:57am

hee hee hee. Almost like I sparked an earworm. Y'all have a good weekend.

👍❤️

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