Select multiple files by dragging cursor

Almost every application in the world, both Windows and Mac, allows you to select multiple items by clicking and dragging the cursor. Is this, or something like this, possible in iTunes? I've never figured such out, and it frustrates me to no end; to select multiple objects I am forced to hold command and click each file individually (other than selecting all, of course)! Can someone help?
Thanks

If you click directly on an item and drag, the item drags.
You need to click outside the first item and then drag over multiple items.
This is how it works in most apps (Windows or Mac).
If the items are consecutive, you can select the first item, then shift-click the last to select all in between. This is standard in most apps (Windows and Mac).

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