When we search for a text in the entity selector, it is not possible to pick more than one option since the search restarts after the first pick. It would be nice to have the option for cases like America, Africa, Europe, or Asia, where there are commonly multiple subregions. Also, for regions defined with the source between parentheses so we don't need to type for each one of them.
Proposed solution
A possible solution could be to implement a multiple selection by holding the Shift button in the keyboard, similar to the hidden option available for maps.
Core problem
When we search for a text in the entity selector, it is not possible to pick more than one option since the search restarts after the first pick. It would be nice to have the option for cases like
America,Africa,Europe, orAsia, where there are commonly multiple subregions. Also, for regions defined with the source between parentheses so we don't need to type for each one of them.Proposed solution
A possible solution could be to implement a multiple selection by holding the Shift button in the keyboard, similar to the hidden option available for maps.
Context
Original Slack conversation here.
Two examples of the current configuration here:
https://github.com/owid/owid-grapher/assets/63430031/0a228ffb-ae29-4b80-a73d-80585a542121
https://github.com/owid/owid-grapher/assets/63430031/1d069da1-e213-4faf-9168-8004b3e42f7e