# Shift+Click to select multiple topics as in Gmail

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/shift-click-to-select-multiple-topics-as-in-gmail/206497>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** completed, bulk-actions\
**Created:** [October 19, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shift-click-to-select-multiple-topics-as-in-gmail/206497 "2021-10-19T22:53:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![JonathanShaw](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jonathanshaw/32/532672_2.png) [@JonathanShaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JonathanShaw)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 7:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shift-click-to-select-multiple-topics-as-in-gmail/206497/7 "2021-10-23T07:30:42Z")

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It already works this way, without the need to press shift. The shift-click paradigm is usually for selecting things that are not checkboxes; checkboxes conventionally allow multiple selection without shift.

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