Select multiple HTML table rows with Ctrl+click and Shift+click

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I want to select multiple rows using Windows Shift and Ctrl keys, like multiple folder selection in Windows.

From table of selected ro

Answer 1

I made it work with all the Windows 7 explorer behaviors and jquery mouse events.

http://jsfiddle.net/ubershmekel/nUV23/6/

Note that:

• When you just click, you set a pivot for the next shift-click
• Use Ctrl-Shift to expand your current selection and not pivot like Shift-alone does.
• Use Ctrl-click to add a pivot, you can use Ctrl-Shift to then expand that selection around the new pivot.

The js:

var selectionPivot;
// 1 for left button, 2 for middle, and 3 for right.
var LEFT_MOUSE_BUTTON = 1;
var trs = document.getElementById('tableStudent').tBodies[0].getElementsByTagName('tr');
var idTds = $('td:first-child');
idTds.each(function(idx, val) {
    // onselectstart because IE doesn't respect the css `user-select: none;`
    val.onselectstart = function() { return false; };
    $(val).mousedown(function(event) {
        if(event.which != LEFT_MOUSE_BUTTON) {
            return;
        }
        var row = trs[idx];
        if (!event.ctrlKey && !event.shiftKey) {
            clearAll();
            toggleRow(row);
            selectionPivot = row;
            return;
        }
        if (event.ctrlKey && event.shiftKey) {
            selectRowsBetweenIndexes(selectionPivot.rowIndex, row.rowIndex);
            return;
        }
        if (event.ctrlKey) {
            toggleRow(row);
            selectionPivot = row;
        }
        if (event.shiftKey) {
            clearAll();
            selectRowsBetweenIndexes(selectionPivot.rowIndex, row.rowIndex);
        }
    });
});

function toggleRow(row) {
    row.className = row.className == 'selected' ? '' : 'selected';
}

function selectRowsBetweenIndexes(ia, ib) {
    var bot = Math.min(ia, ib);
    var top = Math.max(ia, ib);

    for (var i = bot; i <= top; i++) {
        trs[i-1].className = 'selected';
    }
}

function clearAll() {
    for (var i = 0; i < trs.length; i++) {
        trs[i].className = '';
    }
}

And the CSS:

.selected {
    background: #bdf;
}

td:first-child {
    -webkit-user-select: none;
    -khtml-user-select: none;
    -moz-user-select: none;
    -o-user-select: none;
    user-select: none;
}

td,th {
    padding: 3px;
    border: 2px solid #aaa;
}

table {
    border-collapse: collapse;
}