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Selection Mode

Selection mode allows you to perform bulk operations on multiple items at once, including tagging, favoriting, and tag copy/paste operations.

Entering Selection Mode

Desktop

Click the checkbox area at the bottom of any gallery item. The checkbox area shows "Select" text on hover.

Mobile

Long-press (touch and hold) any item for about half a second. A brief vibration confirms entry into selection mode.

Selection Interface

When selection mode is active:

  • A toolbar appears at the bottom of the screen
  • Selected items show a checkmark overlay
  • Unselected items appear slightly dimmed
  • The selection count is displayed in the toolbar

Selecting Items

Individual Selection

  • Click/tap any item to toggle its selection
  • Click the checkbox on desktop to toggle selection

Select All

Click the All button in the toolbar or press ++ctrl+a++ to select all items in the current view.

If all items are already selected, this action deselects all items.

Drag Selection (Mobile)

After entering selection mode via long-press, you can drag to select multiple items at once:

  1. Keep your finger on the screen after the long-press
  2. Drag across other items
  3. All items between your starting point and current position are selected (in reading order)

How it works:

  • Gallery scrolling is frozen during drag to prevent accidental movement
  • Items are selected in the natural flow/reading order (left-to-right, top-to-bottom)
  • Dragging from the last item in a row down several rows selects all items in between
  • Works naturally whether dragging forward or backward
  • Release your finger to finish the drag selection

For example, starting on the last item of Row 1 and dragging to the last item of Row 3 will select that first item plus all items in Rows 2 and 3 up to your ending point.

Available Actions

The selection toolbar provides these actions:

Copy Tags

Available when exactly 1 item is selected

Copies all tags from the selected item to a clipboard for pasting to other items.

  • Click Copy Tags or press ++ctrl+c++
  • A confirmation message shows how many tags were copied

Paste Tags

Available when items are selected and tags have been copied

Pastes previously copied tags to selected items.

  • Click Paste Tags or press ++ctrl+v++
  • A modal appears showing tags to paste
  • Select/deselect individual tags as needed
  • Click Paste Tags to apply

The source item (where tags were copied from) is automatically excluded from paste destinations.

Merge Tags

Available when 2 or more items are selected

Collects all unique tags from selected items and applies them to all selected items.

  • Click Merge Tags or press ++ctrl+m++
  • A modal shows all tags found across selected items
  • Tags not present on all items show a count (e.g., "2/3")
  • Select tags to apply and click Merge Tags

Tag

Opens the bulk tag modal to add or remove tags from all selected items.

  • Click Tag or press ++t++
  • Add new tags or remove existing ones
  • Changes apply to all selected items

Favorite

Adds all selected items to favorites.

  • Click Favorite or press ++f++
  • Items already in favorites are skipped
  • A confirmation shows how many items were added

Exiting Selection Mode

  • Click the X button in the selection toolbar
  • Press ++escape++
  • Complete an action (tagging, favoriting, pasting)

Selection Mode Tips

Efficient Bulk Tagging

  1. Enter selection mode
  2. Select items that should share a tag
  3. Click Tag and add the common tag
  4. Selection mode exits automatically

Copying Tags Between Items

  1. Select the source item (with tags you want to copy)
  2. Press ++ctrl+c++ to copy its tags
  3. Select destination items
  4. Press ++ctrl+v++ to paste
  5. Confirm which tags to apply

Merging Tags Across Items

Use merge when you have related items with different tags and want them all to share the same tags:

  1. Select all related items
  2. Press ++ctrl+m++
  3. Review and confirm the merged tag set
  4. All items now have all the tags

Mobile Workflow

On mobile, selection mode is optimized for touch:

  1. Long-press to enter selection mode
  2. Tap items to select/deselect
  3. Drag to select multiple items in a range (gallery freezes during drag to prevent scrolling)
  4. Use toolbar buttons for actions