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OS: Chrome
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Type: Bug
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Keyboard shortcut for multiple selection of files and folders in file manager

Reported by nimerjaber1@gmail.com, Feb 12 2018 
'Version: 66.0.3344.0
Reproduction Steps: 
It would be great if a feature existed that would allow keyboard and screen reader users to select multiple files in the file manager. In Windows and on Mac OS, this is possible. I have not discovered a way to do this on Chrome OS. Also, file navigation is too verbose on Chrome OS because each time I press the down arrow key and I land on a file or folder in the file manager with Chromevox runnig, Chromevox announces the file name selected. This is too much verbiage, and is not needed. At least, a user should choose whether to hear selected files or unselected files.

Comment 1 by dsexton@chromium.org, Feb 12 2018

Components: -UI>Accessibility UI>Accessibility>ChromeVox
Labels: -Pri-2 Pri-1
Status: Available (was: Unconfirmed)
I can reproduce this behavior. This is a bug and not a feature request because it is possible to select multiple items with the mouse, but not with keyboard.

ctrl+a does select all files, but ChromeVox doesn't announce this.
Shift+up and down arrow does select files contiguously, but using ChromeVox search+up and down, left and right arrows does not announce the state of selection.
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