While the Element Selection tool is not selected, it is available for selection in the Reset pop-up menu.

Reset pop-up menu as it appears when the Element Selection tool is not selected

As you build the selection set with the Element Selection tool, you can choose Select All, Select None, or Select Previous from the Reset pop-up menu to quickly include or exclude elements from the selection set.

While the Element Selection tool is selected, you can use the tool pointer in conjunction with the Reset pop-up menu to operate on the element at the pointer location or on the selected elements.

Reset pop-up menu as it appears when the Element Selection tool is selected