diff --git a/src/gui/torrentcontentwidget.cpp b/src/gui/torrentcontentwidget.cpp
index 472537bf2..c0bc668c9 100644
--- a/src/gui/torrentcontentwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/torrentcontentwidget.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ TorrentContentWidget::TorrentContentWidget(QWidget *parent)
     : QTreeView(parent)
 {
     setDragEnabled(true);
-    setDragDropMode(QAbstractItemView::DragOnly);
+    setDragDropMode(QAbstractItemView::NoDragDrop);
+    setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::MultiSelection);
     setExpandsOnDoubleClick(false);
     setSortingEnabled(true);
     setUniformRowHeights(true);
@@ -224,6 +225,16 @@ void TorrentContentWidget::checkNone()
         model()->setData(model()->index(i, TorrentContentModelItem::COL_NAME), Qt::Unchecked, Qt::CheckStateRole);
 }
 
+void TorrentContentWidget::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
+{
+    if (event->modifiers() & Qt::AltModifier)
+        setDragDropMode(QAbstractItemView::DragOnly);
+    else
+        setDragDropMode(QAbstractItemView::NoDragDrop);
+
+    QTreeView::mousePressEvent(event);
+}
+
 void TorrentContentWidget::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event)
 {
     if ((event->key() != Qt::Key_Space) && (event->key() != Qt::Key_Select))
diff --git a/src/gui/torrentcontentwidget.h b/src/gui/torrentcontentwidget.h
index 1e9f0835c..85b96214a 100644
--- a/src/gui/torrentcontentwidget.h
+++ b/src/gui/torrentcontentwidget.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ signals:
 
 private:
     void setModel(QAbstractItemModel *model) override;
+    void mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent *event) override;
     void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event) override;
     void wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *event) override;
     QModelIndex currentNameCell() const;