diff --git a/src/gui/game/GameView.cpp b/src/gui/game/GameView.cpp
index ff94aad365..3fab8659b0 100644
--- a/src/gui/game/GameView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/game/GameView.cpp
@@ -1544,7 +1544,10 @@ void GameView::OnKeyPress(int key, int scan, bool repeat, bool shift, bool ctrl,
 			c->ReloadSim();
 		break;
 	case SDL_SCANCODE_E:
-		c->OpenElementSearch();
+		if (ctrl)
+			c->SetEdgeMode(c->GetEdgeMode() + 1);
+		else
+			c->OpenElementSearch();
 		break;
 	case SDL_SCANCODE_F:
 		if (ctrl)