Selecting Multiple Contiguous Files on Desktop

I have been unsuccessful in selecting multiple contiguous files on the Yosemite Desktop. There is no problem in a Finder window, but on the Desktop, selecting a file and then the last of a contiguous group of files fails to include the files in-between. I have to select multiple contiguous files individually. What am I missing?

Tom Dignam wrote:
Not so, worked in Mavericks.
No, really. Shift-clicking in Icon View does not extend the selection from what is already selected down to the item you shift-click. It hasn’t done that in icon view for at least two OS’s.

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