How can I shift-select multiple checkboxes like GMail?

Question

I wrote a self-contained demo that uses jquery:

$(document).ready(function() {
    var $chkboxes = $('.chkbox');
    var lastChecked = null;

    $chkboxes.click(function(e) {
        if (!lastChecked) {
            lastChecked = this;
            return;
        }

        if (e.shiftKey) {
            var start = $chkboxes.index(this);
            var end = $chkboxes.index(lastChecked);

            $chkboxes.slice(Math.min(start,end), Math.max(start,end)+ 1).prop('checked', lastChecked.checked);
        }

        lastChecked = this;
    });
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
    <input type="checkbox" id="id_chk1" class="chkbox" value="1" />Check 1<br/>
    <input type="checkbox" id="id_chk2" class="chkbox" value="2" />Check 2<br/>
    <input type="checkbox" id="id_chk3" class="chkbox" value="3" />Check 3<br/>
    <input type="checkbox" id="id_chk4" class="chkbox" value="4" />Check 4<br/>
    <input type="checkbox" id="id_chk5" class="chkbox" value="5" />Check 5<br/>
    <input type="checkbox" id="id_chk6" class="chkbox" value="6" />Check 6<br/>
    <input type="checkbox" id="id_chk7" class="chkbox" value="7" />Check 7<br/>
</body>
</html>

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