angular / angular/components

[md-selection-list] Shift click multi-selection support

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area: material/list area: material/select help wanted P5
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Description

#### Bug, feature request, or proposal:
Feature request

#### What is the expected behavior?
It would be great to add "shift and click" functionality to md-selection-list such that multiple items can be selected at once.

#### What is the current behavior?
Not possible.

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Research direction

Start by locating the md-selection-list component and reading how its current selection behavior works. Implement and verify shift-click range selection so multiple items between the previous and clicked items can be selected together.

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Assessment

Tech stack
angular, typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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