diff -r 5a000c71af9b visual.examples/src/org/netbeans/modules/visual/examples/RunDialog.java
--- a/visual.examples/src/org/netbeans/modules/visual/examples/RunDialog.java	Fri Jul 25 17:36:38 2008 +0800
+++ b/visual.examples/src/org/netbeans/modules/visual/examples/RunDialog.java	Wed Aug 27 14:11:47 2008 +0200
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
         "javaone.demo5.ManyObjectsDemo",
         "javaone.demo6.LODDemo",
         "test.action.ActionMapActionTest",
+        "test.action.ContiguousSelectActionTest",
         "test.action.PanActionTest",
         "test.action.PopupMenuActionTest",
         "test.action.SelectLockedActionTest",
diff -r 5a000c71af9b visual.examples/src/test/action/ContiguousSelectActionTest.java
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/visual.examples/src/test/action/ContiguousSelectActionTest.java	Wed Aug 27 14:11:47 2008 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+package test.action;
+
+import org.netbeans.api.visual.action.ActionFactory;
+import org.netbeans.api.visual.action.ContiguousSelectEvent;
+import org.netbeans.api.visual.action.ContiguousSelectProvider;
+import org.netbeans.api.visual.action.WidgetAction;
+import org.netbeans.api.visual.model.ObjectScene;
+import org.netbeans.api.visual.widget.general.ListItemWidget;
+import org.netbeans.api.visual.widget.general.ListWidget;
+import test.SceneSupport;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+
+/**
+ * @author David Kaspar
+ */
+public class ContiguousSelectActionTest extends ObjectScene {
+
+    public ContiguousSelectActionTest () {
+        ListWidget list = new ListWidget (this);
+        list.setLabel ("List of selectable items");
+        addChild (list);
+
+        WidgetAction contiguousSelectAction = ActionFactory.createContiguousAction (new MyContiguousSelectProvider ());
+
+        for (int a = 0; a < 10; a ++) {
+            String item = "Item no. " + a;
+            ListItemWidget itemWidget = new ListItemWidget (this);
+            itemWidget.setLabel (item);
+            itemWidget.getActions ().addAction (createObjectHoverAction ());
+            itemWidget.getActions ().addAction (contiguousSelectAction);
+            list.addChild (itemWidget);
+            addObject (a, itemWidget);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main (String[] args) {
+        SceneSupport.show (new ContiguousSelectActionTest ());
+    }
+
+    private class MyContiguousSelectProvider implements ContiguousSelectProvider {
+
+        public boolean isSelectionAllowed (ContiguousSelectEvent event) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        public void select (ContiguousSelectEvent event) {
+            Object previous = findObject (event.getPreviouslyChoosenWidget ());
+            Object last = findObject (event.getChoosenWidget ());
+            switch (event.getSelectionType ()) {
+                case ADDITIVE_CONTIGUOUS:
+                    if (last != null) {
+                        HashSet<Object> set = collectContiguousObjects ((Integer)  (previous != null ? previous : last), (Integer) last);
+                        set.addAll (getSelectedObjects ());
+                        userSelectionSuggested (set, false);
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case ADDITIVE_NON_CONTIGUOUS:
+                    if (last != null) {
+                        HashSet<Object> set = new HashSet<Object> (getSelectedObjects ());
+                        set.add (last);
+                        userSelectionSuggested (set, false);
+                    }
+                    break;
+                case REPLACE_CONTIGUOUS:
+                    HashSet<Object> set = collectContiguousObjects ((Integer)  (previous != null ? previous : last), (Integer) last);
+                    userSelectionSuggested (set, false);
+                    break;
+                case REPLACE_NON_CONTIGUOUS:
+                    userSelectionSuggested (Collections.singleton (last), false);
+                    break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private HashSet<Object> collectContiguousObjects (int first, int last) {
+            int max = Math.max (first, last);
+            HashSet<Object> set = new HashSet<Object> ();
+            for (int i = Math.min (first, last); i <= max; i ++) {
+                set.add (i);
+            }
+            return set;
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}