Command-click a row or command-drag rows to toggle selection in Tables?

[mbostock]

Ref. https://observablehq.com/@observablehq/input-table#comment-a55f3587d9ddb0f9

This would be especially nice since you don’t have to click the tiny checkboxes.

[jrus]

My preferred behavior would be to treat any mouse interactions where the mousedown started in the column of checkboxes as if the table rows were a multi-selection input.

~So then click (optionally drag) starting in the checkbox column would result in a selection of the set union between the previous selection and the drag range, and command-click (optionally drag) would select the set difference between the previous selection and drag range.~

Edit: I am misstating the behavior above. In a Safari multi-select, command-drag from a currently deselected row adds the drag range to the selection, command-drag from a currently selected row subtracts the drag range from the selection. A modifier-free click or click-drag sets the new selection to the drag range alone.

What I would propose for the table input is to use the multi-select command-drag behavior on any kind of click or click-drag starting from the checkbox column (with no need for modifiers), since someone wanting to deselect everything and start over can use the checkbox in the header row.

[jrus]

I agree that clicking and dragging starting outside the checkbox column should be used for text selection (or possibly selection of a rectangular range of cells, excel-style).