[DataTable] Allow multiple row (or column!) to be selected

[geekscrapy]

Holding CTRL (or CMD on Mac) to select multiple rows would be fantastic. The additional behaviour of drag clicking etc would also help with logic users have learnt with usual GUI apps 👍

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[jlgerber]

I just hit this today. I wrote a browser in Textual that allows folks to query our asset management system for (you guessed it) assets and it displays the results in a DataTable. Now I want to be able to operate on selections.... this would be a great addition...

[geekscrapy]

Thinking about it, can you set multiple rows to the "selected" colour with CSS to fake it? Along with testing if ctrl is pressed still

[grahamwoodward]

@geekscrapy did you get anywhere with this? I've been trying to implement something with Textual and I've been looking if selecting multiple rows is a thing

[geekscrapy]

@geekscrapy did you get anywhere with this? I've been trying to implement something with Textual and I've been looking if selecting multiple rows is a thing

Nope, sorry!