Right click to select multiple files to download

Selection Links is a handy Firefox add-on that lets you open multiple links by highlighting them and then using the context menu for launching them in new tabs.

With one click, all links will open in new windows or tabs as per your choice. At the same time, it also allows you to download multiple files contained within these links. Selection Links fetches all links inside a text selection for opening or downloading, along with support for finding plain-text links within the selection. There is no restriction on the number of links that you can open, making it even more convenient.

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Select multiple files or folders that are not grouped together. How to select without using the mouse. Other tips. What can be done once the files or folders are highlighted? Tip If you have many files to select, the drag-and-select method is the easiest way to select a lot of files.

Tip See the other tips section on how you can select grouped and non-grouped files or folders at the same time. Tip See the other tips section on how you can select grouped and non-grouped files at the same time. After installing the extension, you will notice the uSelect icon on the add-on bar top-right corner. Click on this first before selecting links. After clicking the uSelect icon, a set of instructions will appear on the bottom of the browser screen. As indicated, you can draw a rectangle around the links you want to select.

This will highlight the links in yellow. If you need to scroll down or simply want to get rid of the pop-up box, you can hold down the H key. The downloads also appear on the bottom of the browser window. Unfortunately, this cannot be changed when using the extension. Note that not all links may download files as expected. The link would need to be a direct file source, not a link to another page, otherwise the download might just be the HTML of that page and not the file itself.