# Mopidy Iris - Select multiple items using a touchscreen UI?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-iris-select-multiple-items-using-a-touchscreen-ui/5960>\
**Category:** Help and support\
**Created:** [June 8, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-iris-select-multiple-items-using-a-touchscreen-ui/5960 "2024-06-08T08:57:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![01tot10](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/01tot10/32/1640_2.png) [@01tot10](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/01tot10)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-iris-select-multiple-items-using-a-touchscreen-ui/5960/1 "2024-06-08T08:57:50Z")

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Hey community,

I feel like a grandpa asking this, but does anyone know if it’s possible to select multiple items in the Mopidy Iris frontend when using a device with a touchscreen?

I.e. using a laptop with mouse and keyboard, I can shift-click to highlight multiple items…

 ![Screenshot 2024-06-08 at 11.54.40](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/mopidy/original/2X/6/66134b60d82701671ecdb4aa9e02793d21ae5c85.png)

… but I have no clue how to achieve the same using a touch-device. When long-pressing an item, I get a context menu that allows for interacting with the item. Short-pressin an item selects the item, and only that item, and I don’t know how to extend the selection from there.

I tried to ask directly in the Mopidy-Iris repo with a question-tag, but was greeted with a message directing any such enquiries here.

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Matthias\_Meulien](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/matthias_meulien/32/2260_2.png) [@Matthias\_Meulien](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/Matthias_Meulien)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 7:56am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-iris-select-multiple-items-using-a-touchscreen-ui/5960/2 "2024-06-09T07:56:50Z")

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With my mobile phone running Firefox on Android, I didn’t find a way to select multiple tracks in Iris.

But note I am not a regular user of Iris.

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**Author:** ![01tot10](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/01tot10/32/1640_2.png) [@01tot10](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/01tot10)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 8:12am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-iris-select-multiple-items-using-a-touchscreen-ui/5960/3 "2024-06-09T08:12:20Z")

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Thanks for chipping in, @Matthias_Meulien, and check ✅.  
If it starts to look like the interface doesn’t allow for selecting multiple items after all, maybe I’ll throw a feature request into the repo.

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**Author:** ![01tot10](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/01tot10/32/1640_2.png) [@01tot10](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/01tot10)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-iris-select-multiple-items-using-a-touchscreen-ui/5960/4 "2024-08-25T14:52:05Z")

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Opened an [issue](https://github.com/jaedb/Iris/issues/963) in the Iris GitHub repo.

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/mopidy-iris-select-multiple-items-using-a-touchscreen-ui/5960/5 "2024-08-28T14:52:24Z")

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