Selected Items vs Focusd Item

[armsys]

Referring to:

timestamp , <focitem>;
Sets all 3 dates of all selected List items to match those of the focused item.

What's the difference between the selected items and focused item?

[bdeshi]

You can have more than one selected item, but only one focused item. Also: all focused items are selected, but not all selected items are focused.

In a selection, the items that was selected last is the focused item.

[armsys]

In a selection, the items that was selected last is the focused item.

Oh, I see only the last selected item is the focused item.
Thanks.

[admin]

You can have more than one selected item, but only one focused item. Also: all focused items are selected, but not all selected items are focused.

Part 2 is wrong. Actually there is always one focused item, even if none are selected. And you can select only non-focused items using mouse drag.

[bdeshi]

Ah, I see. Actually I shouldn't have missed it because focused items have a light-orange background, and this BG is there even if they're non-selected

And you can select only non-focused items using mouse drag.

isn't this also wrong? Because focused items DO get selected if it falls within the mouse-dragged selection rectangle...

[admin]

Ah, I see. Actually I shouldn't have missed it because focused items have a light-orange background, and this BG is there even if they're non-selected

And you can select only non-focused items using mouse drag.

isn't this also wrong? Because focused items DO get selected if it falls within the mouse-dragged selection rectangle...

Well, language failure. I meant to say: You can select items that are all non-focused. So my "only" was semantically attached to "non-focused", no to "you can select".