IMPORTANT: Drag Selection in iTunes

How to do you select a large amount of iTunes songs by dragging? For example, if there are 100 songs shown (whether in a play list or just the main music area) and I want to select 30 of them (either to move to a new play list, or to rename/edit).
Currently the only way to do this is to hold the apple button and click-select all 30 songs one by one. That's too tedious for me. Is there a way to click song number one and drag all the way to song 30, selecting everything in between - kinda like a text? If not, how do I contact Apple and immediately suggest this change. Thanks guys.

I'm using Windows, so I'm not sure if this is an applicable response. But you single click the first track,and then shift/click the final track. Everything in between should now be highlighted, and you can then drag them.

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