macOS-Finder-like contiguous multiple selection
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enhancement
mac
- Dominant language
- Python
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- 275
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Description
I'd like to see the ability to select multiple contiguous files by starting a click-and-drag on the whitespace of a filename row.
Note: if you click and drag the name of the file then you will drag the file, not start a selection.
This is how it works in Finder:
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the interaction described in the issue and compare it with the linked Finder example. Identify where file-row mouse dragging is handled; done means dragging from whitespace in a filename row selects contiguous files, while dragging directly on a filename still drags that file.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100