Comment 11 for bug 1587499

Can I suggest the following UI changes to implement multiple selection of items:

(1) Add an extra item 'Multiple Select' to the Long Press menu. This turns on Multi Select mode and returns to the file list with the Long Pressed item selected.

(2) With Multi Select mode turned on, Single Tapping an unselected item selects it, and Single Tapping a selected item unselects it.

(3) With Multi Select mode turned on and more than one item selected, Long Press gives this menu, where n is the number of items selected:

Cut (n)
Copy (n)
Delete (n)
Clear Selected

'Cut' and 'Copy' put the selected items on the clipboard and returns to the file list with Multi Select mode turned off and all selected items deselected.

'Delete' asks for confirmation, with the following message

'Are you sure you want to permanently delete n items?'

- 'OK' deletes the items and returns to the file list with Multi Select mode turned off.
- 'Cancel' returns to the file list with Multi Select mode turned off and all selected items deselected.

'Clear Selected' returns to the file list with Multi Select mode turned off and all selected items deselected.

(4) The clipboard icon should be modified to indicate if multiple items are to be 'Cut'/'Copied'. Also consider if a confirmation message is needed before multiple items are 'Cut'/'Copied'.

Of course I have no idea what changes would have to be made to the progam to do this, so please accept my apologies if anything is impossible to implement.