Topics | List window
Selecting and deselecting list items
There are several ways to select items in a List window.
Selecting with the mouse

Click… | … to do this
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| Select an item not currently selected and deselect everything else.
Shift + | Extend the current selection to a range of items.
⌘ + | Toggle the selection state of an item without affecting other selections.
| Click below the last item or in the left margin to deselect all items.

Click and drag… | … to do this
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| To select a range of items, click in the left margin or below the last item in the list and drag over items in the list.g.
⌘ + | To toggle the selection state of each item in a range, click in the left margin or below the last item in the list and drag over the items in the range.
⌘ + | To toggle the selection state of clicked item and set the selection state of the other items over which the mouse is dragged to match that of the clicked item, click an item (not in left margin) and drag.
Shift + | Yet another selection behavior when the click is in the left margin. Try it.

Selecting with the keyboard

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↑ | Select the previous item in the list.
Shift + ↑ | Extend the current selection up one item. If multiple items were selected, all items between the first and last items are selected as well.
Option + ↑ | Selects the first visible item in the list. If the first item is already selected, this scrolls the list up one “page” and then selects the first visible item.
Shift + Option + ↑ | Extends the current selection to include the first visible item in the list. If the first item is already selected, this scrolls the list up one “page” and then extends the selection.
↓ | Select the next item in the list.
Shift + ↓ | Extend the current selection up down item. If multiple items were selected, all items between the first and last items are selected as well.
Option + ↓ | Selects the last visible item in the list. If the last item is already selected, this scrolls the list down one “page” and then selects the last visible item.
Shift + Option + ↓ | Extends the current selection to include the last visible item in the list. If the last item is already selected, this scrolls the list down one “page” and then extends the selection.
⌘ + A | Select all items in the list.
⌘ + D | Deselect all items in the list.

⌘ = Command key
Special selections
The List Select menu contains several commands for making special selections such as reversing the current selection, selecting only folders, and so on.
Select menu