diff --git a/src/gui/torrentcontentwidget.cpp b/src/gui/torrentcontentwidget.cpp
index 472537bf2..ec377cfe8 100644
--- a/src/gui/torrentcontentwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/torrentcontentwidget.cpp
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ TorrentContentWidget::TorrentContentWidget(QWidget *parent)
     : QTreeView(parent)
 {
     setDragEnabled(true);
-    setDragDropMode(QAbstractItemView::DragOnly);
     setExpandsOnDoubleClick(false);
+    setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::MultiSelection);
     setSortingEnabled(true);
     setUniformRowHeights(true);
     header()->setSortIndicator(0, Qt::AscendingOrder);
@@ -249,6 +249,16 @@ void TorrentContentWidget::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event)
         model()->setData(index, state, Qt::CheckStateRole);
 }
 
+void TorrentContentWidget::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
+{
+    if (event->modifiers().testFlag(Qt::AltModifier))
+        setDragDropMode(QAbstractItemView::DragOnly);
+    else
+        setDragDropMode(QAbstractItemView::NoDragDrop);
+
+    QTreeView::mousePressEvent(event);
+}
+
 void TorrentContentWidget::renameSelectedFile()
 {
     const QModelIndexList selectedIndexes = selectionModel()->selectedRows(0);
diff --git a/src/gui/torrentcontentwidget.h b/src/gui/torrentcontentwidget.h
index 1e9f0835c..4aeaefeae 100644
--- a/src/gui/torrentcontentwidget.h
+++ b/src/gui/torrentcontentwidget.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ signals:
 private:
     void setModel(QAbstractItemModel *model) override;
     void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event) override;
+    void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event) override;
     void wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *event) override;
     QModelIndex currentNameCell() const;
     void displayColumnHeaderMenu();