Select multiple overlapping islands in UV Editor? I want to select multiple overlapping islands all at once in UV Editing mode. 3dsmax can do this by clicking and dragging a window around my element, but I couldn't find a comparable function in Blender. Not being able to select in UV Editing by clicking and dragging a window is a huge missing feature, or I am not sure how to find it :/ 

See below:



I want to select the islands corresponding to the fan in the editor, which are around 12. I got them to overlap, but cannot select all of them at once.
You can use Box select, which is activated with B:



You can also use C for Circle Select and CtrlLMB for Lasso Select. 

For more on selection tools in the UV editor, see the wiki.