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

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#7,072 opened on Sep 14, 2017

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P5area: material/listarea: material/selecthelp wanted

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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.

Contributor guide

Research direction
Investigate the existing md selection list component, understand the selection model, and implement shift click to extend selection.
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
Half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
AngularTypeScript
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65