# 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:** ![meglio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/meglio/32/71444_2.png) [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2021, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shift-click-to-select-multiple-topics-as-in-gmail/206497/8 "2021-10-23T07:55:00Z")

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> [@JonathanShaw](#):
>
> It already works this way, without the need to press shift.

It doesn’t. You are confusing Shift vs Command on MacOS (Shift vs Ctrl on Windows).

If you have 5 files:

A  
B  
C  
D  
E

Click on file A, then hold Shift, then click on file D - all 4 files from A to D will get selected.

And that’s what the topic title says! **Shift + Click**

If you try the same with checkboxes in Discourse, it does not work this way.

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