better-multiselect

Better Multiselect

I like macos finder's multiselect. For some reason no one gets this right for lists of items on the web.

Multiselect tracks the selection state for various kinds of clicks so selection doesn't feel broken.

Try it out

Example

class Example extends React.Component {
  constructor() {
    super()
    this.selection = new Multiselect()
  }

  onClick(event, index) {
    console.log('click', index)
    if (event.metaKey) {
      this.selection.commandClick(index)
    } else if (event.shiftKey) {
      this.selection.shiftClick(index)
    } else {
      this.selection.click(index)
    }
    this.forceUpdate()
  }

  render() {
    const indexes = []
    for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
      indexes.push(i)
    }

    const elements = []
    indexes.forEach((i) => {
      let style = {height: '16px', userSelect: 'none', '-webkit-user-select': 'none'}
      if (this.selection.isSelected(i)) {
        style.backgroundColor = 'blue'
        style.color = 'white'
      }

      elements.push(
        <div key={i} style={style} onClick={(event) => { this.onClick(event, i) }}>
          element - {i}
        </div>
      )
    })

    return (
      <div>
        {elements}
      </div>
    )
  }
}

ReactDOM.render(
  <Example/>,
  document.getElementById('root')
)