diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json b/mediarepo-ui/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 57a804c..fed9168 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
     "windows": [
       {
         "title": "Mediarepo",
-        "width": 800,
-        "height": 600,
+        "width": 1920,
+        "height": 1080,
         "resizable": true,
         "fullscreen": false
       }
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@
       "csp": "default-src blob: data: filesystem: ws: wss: http: https: tauri: 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline' 'self' img-src: 'self'"
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component-theme.scss b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component-theme.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e673d08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component-theme.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+@use 'sass:map';
+@use '~@angular/material' as mat;
+
+@mixin color($theme) {
+  $color-config: mat.get-color-config($theme);
+  $primary-palette: map.get($color-config, 'primary');
+  $warn-palette: map.get($color-config, 'warn');
+
+  mat-card.selected {
+    background-color: mat.get-color-from-palette($primary-palette);
+  }
+}
+
+@mixin typography($theme) {
+}
+
+@mixin theme($theme) {
+  $color-config: mat.get-color-config($theme);
+  @if $color-config != null {
+    @include color($theme);
+  }
+
+  $typography-config: mat.get-typography-config($theme);
+  @if $typography-config != null {
+    @include typography($theme);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component.html b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component.html
index 6a9f2d3..ed5d444 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component.html
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<mat-card #card (click)="clickEvent.emit(file)" (dblclick)="dblClickEvent.emit(file)">
+<mat-card #card (click)="clickEvent.emit(this)" (dblclick)="dblClickEvent.emit(this)" [ngClass]="{'selected': selected}">
   <mat-card-title *ngIf="!!file?.name">{{file?.name}}</mat-card-title>
   <mat-card-content *ngIf="contentUrl !== undefined">
     <img *ngIf="contentUrl !== undefined" class="entry-image" loading="lazy" decoding="async" [src]="contentUrl" alt="File Image">
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component.scss b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component.scss
index 4af898b..636b936 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component.scss
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 mat-card {
   height: calc(100% - 32px);
   width: calc(100% - 32px);
+  user-select: none;
+  cursor: pointer;
 }
 
 mat-card-content {
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component.ts
index 6cec473..1369762 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ import {Thumbnail} from "../../../models/Thumbnail";
 export class FileGridEntryComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
 
   @ViewChild("card") card!: ElementRef;
-  @Input() file!: File;
-  @Output() clickEvent = new EventEmitter<File>();
-  @Output() dblClickEvent = new EventEmitter<File>();
+  @Input() public file!: File;
+  @Output() clickEvent = new EventEmitter<FileGridEntryComponent>();
+  @Output() dblClickEvent = new EventEmitter<FileGridEntryComponent>();
+  public selected: boolean = false;
   selectedThumbnail: Thumbnail | undefined;
 
   contentUrl: SafeResourceUrl | undefined;
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid.component.html b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid.component.html
index f1d4237..039bb9e 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid.component.html
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid.component.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <cdk-virtual-scroll-viewport class="file-scroll" maxBufferPx="500" minBufferPx="500" itemSize="250">
   <div *cdkVirtualFor="let fileRow of fileRows">
     <div class="file-row">
-      <app-file-grid-entry (clickEvent)="fileClickEvent.emit($event)" (dblClickEvent)="fileDblClickEvent.emit($event)"
+      <app-file-grid-entry (clickEvent)="setSelectedFile($event)" (dblClickEvent)="fileDblClickEvent.emit($event.file)"
                            *ngFor="let file of fileRow" [file]="file"></app-file-grid-entry>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid.component.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid.component.ts
index d113a1e..b51dff3 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid.component.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid.component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
-import {Component, EventEmitter, Input, OnInit, Output} from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  Component,
+  EventEmitter,
+  HostListener,
+  Input,
+  OnInit,
+  Output, QueryList, ViewChildren
+} from '@angular/core';
 import {File} from "../../models/File";
 import {FileService} from "../../services/file/file.service";
+import {FileGridEntryComponent} from "./file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component";
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-file-grid',
@@ -11,7 +19,69 @@ export class FileGridComponent {
 
   @Input() fileRows: File[][] = [];
   @Output() fileDblClickEvent = new EventEmitter<File>();
-  @Output() fileClickEvent = new EventEmitter<File>();
+  @Output() filesSelectEvent = new EventEmitter<File[]>();
+
+  @ViewChildren(FileGridEntryComponent) childQuery!: QueryList<FileGridEntryComponent>;
+
+  selectedEntries: FileGridEntryComponent[] = [];
+
+  private shiftClicked = false;
+  private ctrlClicked = false;
 
   constructor() { }
+
+  /**
+   * File selector logic
+   * @param {FileGridEntryComponent} entry
+   */
+  setSelectedFile(entry: FileGridEntryComponent) {
+    if (!(this.shiftClicked || this.ctrlClicked) && this.selectedEntries.length > 0) {
+      this.selectedEntries.forEach(entry => entry.selected = false);
+      this.selectedEntries = [];
+    }
+    // shift selector (forwards and backwards)
+    if (this.shiftClicked && this.selectedEntries.length > 0) {
+      const lastEntry = this.selectedEntries[this.selectedEntries.length - 1];
+      let found = false;
+
+      // TODO: change to use wrapped entry files instead because of reused components
+      for (const child of this.childQuery) {
+
+        if (found) {
+          child.selected = true;
+          this.selectedEntries.push(child);
+          if (child === entry || child == lastEntry) {
+            break;
+          }
+        } else if (child === lastEntry || child === entry) {
+          found = true;
+          if (child === entry) {
+            child.selected = true;
+            this.selectedEntries.push(child);
+          }
+        }
+
+      }
+    } else {
+      entry.selected = true;
+      this.selectedEntries.push(entry);
+    }
+    this.filesSelectEvent.emit(this.selectedEntries.map(entry => entry.file));
+  }
+
+  @HostListener("window:keydown", ["$event"])
+  private handleKeydownEvent(event: KeyboardEvent) {
+    switch (event.key) {
+      case "Shift": this.shiftClicked = true; break;
+      case "Control": this.ctrlClicked = true; break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @HostListener("window:keyup", ["$event"])
+  private handleKeyupEvent(event: KeyboardEvent) {
+    switch (event.key) {
+      case "Shift": this.shiftClicked = false; break;
+      case "Control": this.ctrlClicked = false; break;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/pages/home/home.component.scss b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/pages/home/home.component.scss
index c6d00f6..d11bdf8 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/pages/home/home.component.scss
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/pages/home/home.component.scss
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ mat-drawer-content {
 }
 
 mat-drawer-container {
-  height: 100%;
+  height: calc(100% - 64px);
 }
 
 app-file-grid {
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/pages/home/home.component.ts b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/pages/home/home.component.ts
index 5a0783e..9ffc107 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/app/pages/home/home.component.ts
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/app/pages/home/home.component.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {File} from "../../models/File";
 import {PageEvent} from "@angular/material/paginator";
 import {Lightbox, LIGHTBOX_EVENT, LightboxEvent} from "ngx-lightbox";
 import {SafeResourceUrl} from "@angular/platform-browser";
+import {ErrorBrokerService} from "../../services/error-broker/error-broker.service";
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'app-home',
@@ -13,10 +14,9 @@ import {SafeResourceUrl} from "@angular/platform-browser";
 export class HomeComponent implements OnInit {
 
   fileRows: File[][] = [];
-  page: number = 0;
-  pageSize: number = 25;
+  private openingLightbox = false;
 
-  constructor(private fileService: FileService, private lightbox: Lightbox, private lightboxEvent: LightboxEvent) { }
+  constructor(private errorBroker: ErrorBrokerService, private fileService: FileService, private lightbox: Lightbox, private lightboxEvent: LightboxEvent) { }
 
   async ngOnInit() {
     this.fileService.displayedFiles.subscribe((files) => this.setFileRows(files));
@@ -33,7 +33,21 @@ export class HomeComponent implements OnInit {
   }
 
   async openFile(file: File) {
-    let url = await this.fileService.readFile(file.hash, file.mime_type ?? "image/png");
+    if (this.openingLightbox) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this.openingLightbox = true;
+    try {
+      await this.openLightbox(file);
+    } catch(err) {
+      this.errorBroker.showError(err);
+    }
+    this.openingLightbox = false;
+  }
+
+  private async openLightbox(file: File): Promise<void> {
+    let url = await this.fileService.readFile(file.hash,
+      file.mime_type ?? "image/png");
 
     let albums = [
       {
@@ -48,11 +62,12 @@ export class HomeComponent implements OnInit {
       showDownloadButton: true,
       centerVertically: true,
     });
-    const lighboxSubscription = this.lightboxEvent.lightboxEvent$.subscribe((event: any) => {
-      if (event?.id == LIGHTBOX_EVENT.CLOSE) {
-        lighboxSubscription.unsubscribe();
-        URL?.revokeObjectURL(url as string);
-      }
-    })
+    const lighboxSubscription = this.lightboxEvent.lightboxEvent$.subscribe(
+      (event: any) => {
+        if (event?.id == LIGHTBOX_EVENT.CLOSE) {
+          lighboxSubscription.unsubscribe();
+          URL?.revokeObjectURL(url as string);
+        }
+      })
   }
 }
diff --git a/mediarepo-ui/src/styles.scss b/mediarepo-ui/src/styles.scss
index ca508d2..7d686ba 100644
--- a/mediarepo-ui/src/styles.scss
+++ b/mediarepo-ui/src/styles.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 @use 'sass:map';
 @use "~@angular/material" as mat;
 @use 'src/app/app.component-theme' as app;
+@use 'src/app/components/file-grid/file-grid-entry/file-grid-entry.component-theme' as file-grid-entry;
 @include mat.core();
 
 $theme: mat.define-dark-theme((
@@ -17,4 +18,4 @@ $theme: mat.define-dark-theme((
 
 @include mat.all-component-themes($theme);
 @include app.theme($theme);
-
+@include file-grid-entry.theme($theme);