Selecting multiple items quickly in icon view

Question

The Finder's Help menu shows only one way to select multiple items that are next to each other:
Select multiple items that are next to each other
Do one of the following:
Click one item, and then press the Shift key and click other items to include them in the selection.
Click the first item, and then press the Shift key and click the last item. All items in between are included in the selection.
Click a window to make it active, and then press Command (⌘)-A. All items in the window are selected.
When you have selected multiple items and want to deselect one of them, press the Command key and click the item.
However, I often view folders in icon view and the second method above doesn't work--frustrating if you have more than a few items.
There are two ways that do:
Change the view to List and use the second method described above (Click the first item, and then press the Shift key and click the last item) or
Click outside of the first folder/icon you wish to select, then hold and drag over the row or area:
Hope this is helpful; it would be a useful addition to the Help menu! 
(Oops, just found an older similar post...sorry for the duplication.)
Message was edited by: dexterina

Answer 1

Thanks for clarification Rhys.
I am using slicers at moment to do multi-selects but was just thinking I was missing something in case of tiles but your reply suggests that this behaviour is by design. 
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