Selection Tool in 1.4.1

[desktopsimmer]

I think I'm missing something simple here. Is there a way of change how the selection tool behaves? i.e. it behaves like how it used to work in 1.3.1 when vertice, edge and face were individually selected.

[optigon]

Turn on Conditional Deselection in the Preferences.

When this pref is set to true, one press of spacebar deselects and leaves you in the same selection mode, while a second tap puts you into multi-mode.

[desktopsimmer]

Thanks. ;£