Added checkboxes selection without mouse option.

src/_h5ai/client/js/inc/ext/select.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ modulejs.define('ext/select', ['_', '$', 'core/settings', 'core/resource', 'core
 
     var settings = _.extend({
             enabled: false,
+            mouse: false,
             checkboxes: false
         }, allsettings.select);
     var template = '<span class="selector"><img src="' + resource.image('selected') + '" alt="selected"/></span>';
@@ -184,21 +185,23 @@ modulejs.define('ext/select', ['_', '$', 'core/settings', 'core/resource', 'core
 
     function init() {
 
-        if (!settings.enabled) {
+        if (!settings.enabled || (!settings.mouse && !settings.checkboxes)) {
             return;
         }
 
-        $selectionRect.hide().appendTo('body');
-
         event.sub('location.changed', onLocationChanged);
         event.sub('location.refreshed', onLocationRefreshed);
 
+        if (settings.mouse) {
+            $selectionRect.hide().appendTo('body');
+
             // $document
             $('#content')
                 .on('mousedown', '.noSelection', noSelection)
                 .on('mousedown', '.noSelectionUnlessCtrl,input,select,a', noSelectionUnlessCtrl)
                 .on('mousedown', selectionStart);
         }
+    }
 
 
     init();

src/_h5ai/conf/options.json

@@ -257,13 +257,15 @@ Options
     },
 
     /*
-    Make entries selectable (first mouse button + drag).
+    Make entries selectable.
     At the moment only needed for packaged download.
 
+    - mouse: boolean, allow first mouse button + drag selection
     - checkboxes: boolean, show a checkbox on mouse over item
     */
     "select": {
         "enabled": true,
+        "mouse": true,
         "checkboxes": true
     },