diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/document/TimelineDensityFilter.svelte b/frontend/src/lib/document/TimelineDensityFilter.svelte
index 9a4866b0..5d859ea0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/document/TimelineDensityFilter.svelte
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/document/TimelineDensityFilter.svelte
@@ -46,15 +46,30 @@ const maxCount = $derived(Math.max(...filled.map((b) => b.count), 1));
 
 const hasSelection = $derived(from !== '' || to !== '');
 
+let dragStartIndex: number | null = $state(null);
+let dragEndIndex: number | null = $state(null);
+// Set when a pointerup just emitted a selection so the synthesized click that
+// follows mouse interaction is suppressed (we'd otherwise emit twice). Keyboard
+// Enter/Space on a focused button still fires `click` without preceding
+// pointerdown, so the click path remains the keyboard accessibility surface.
+let suppressClick = $state(false);
+const isDragging = $derived(dragStartIndex !== null);
+const dragLowIndex = $derived(
+	dragStartIndex !== null && dragEndIndex !== null
+		? Math.min(dragStartIndex, dragEndIndex)
+		: dragStartIndex
+);
+const dragHighIndex = $derived(
+	dragStartIndex !== null && dragEndIndex !== null
+		? Math.max(dragStartIndex, dragEndIndex)
+		: dragStartIndex
+);
+
 function barHeight(count: number): number {
 	if (count === 0) return ZERO_COUNT_BAR_HEIGHT;
 	return Math.max(ZERO_COUNT_BAR_HEIGHT, (count / maxCount) * BAR_AREA_HEIGHT);
 }
 
-function selectBar(label: string) {
-	onchange({ from: selectionBoundaryFrom(label), to: selectionBoundaryTo(label) });
-}
-
 function clearSelection() {
 	onchange({ from: '', to: '' });
 }
@@ -64,6 +79,60 @@ function isSelected(label: string): boolean {
 	const labelFrom = selectionBoundaryFrom(label);
 	return labelFrom >= from && labelFrom <= to;
 }
+
+function isInDragPreview(index: number): boolean {
+	if (!isDragging) return false;
+	if (dragLowIndex === null || dragHighIndex === null) return false;
+	return index >= dragLowIndex && index <= dragHighIndex;
+}
+
+function emitSelection(startIndex: number, endIndex: number) {
+	const lo = Math.min(startIndex, endIndex);
+	const hi = Math.max(startIndex, endIndex);
+	const startLabel = filled[lo]?.month;
+	const endLabel = filled[hi]?.month;
+	if (!startLabel || !endLabel) return;
+	onchange({
+		from: selectionBoundaryFrom(startLabel),
+		to: selectionBoundaryTo(endLabel)
+	});
+}
+
+function handlePointerDown(event: PointerEvent, index: number) {
+	if (event.button !== 0) return;
+	dragStartIndex = index;
+	dragEndIndex = index;
+	(event.currentTarget as HTMLElement).setPointerCapture?.(event.pointerId);
+}
+
+function handlePointerEnter(index: number) {
+	if (!isDragging) return;
+	dragEndIndex = index;
+}
+
+function handlePointerUp() {
+	if (dragStartIndex === null || dragEndIndex === null) return;
+	emitSelection(dragStartIndex, dragEndIndex);
+	dragStartIndex = null;
+	dragEndIndex = null;
+	suppressClick = true;
+	queueMicrotask(() => {
+		suppressClick = false;
+	});
+}
+
+function handlePointerCancel() {
+	dragStartIndex = null;
+	dragEndIndex = null;
+}
+
+function handleClick(index: number) {
+	if (suppressClick) {
+		suppressClick = false;
+		return;
+	}
+	emitSelection(index, index);
+}
 </script>
 
 {#if density !== null}
@@ -74,15 +143,20 @@ function isSelected(label: string): boolean {
 		class="relative rounded-sm border border-line bg-surface px-3 pt-3 pb-2 shadow-sm"
 	>
 		<div class="flex h-20 items-end" style="height: {BAR_AREA_HEIGHT}px;">
-			{#each filled as bucket (bucket.month)}
+			{#each filled as bucket, i (bucket.month)}
 				<button
 					type="button"
 					data-testid="timeline-bar"
 					aria-label="{bucket.month} · {bucket.count}"
 					aria-pressed={isSelected(bucket.month)}
-					onclick={() => selectBar(bucket.month)}
+					onpointerdown={(e) => handlePointerDown(e, i)}
+					onpointerenter={() => handlePointerEnter(i)}
+					onpointerup={handlePointerUp}
+					onpointercancel={handlePointerCancel}
+					onclick={() => handleClick(i)}
 					class="bar group flex min-w-px flex-1 cursor-pointer items-end justify-center bg-transparent p-0 transition-colors"
 					class:selected={isSelected(bucket.month)}
+					class:in-drag-preview={isInDragPreview(i)}
 				>
 					<span
 						class="bar-fill block w-full rounded-t-[2px]"
@@ -122,10 +196,15 @@ function isSelected(label: string): boolean {
 	transition: background-color 100ms ease;
 }
 
-.bar.selected .bar-fill {
+.bar.selected .bar-fill,
+.bar.in-drag-preview .bar-fill {
 	background-color: var(--palette-mint, #a1dcd8);
 }
 
+.bar.in-drag-preview .bar-fill {
+	opacity: 0.7;
+}
+
 .bar:hover .bar-fill {
 	background-color: var(--palette-mint, #a1dcd8);
 	opacity: 0.85;
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/document/TimelineDensityFilter.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/lib/document/TimelineDensityFilter.svelte.spec.ts
index c324cdf1..66a46d4c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/document/TimelineDensityFilter.svelte.spec.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/document/TimelineDensityFilter.svelte.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, afterEach, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { cleanup, render } from 'vitest-browser-svelte';
 import { page } from 'vitest/browser';
+import { tick } from 'svelte';
 import TimelineDensityFilter from './TimelineDensityFilter.svelte';
 import type { components } from '$lib/generated/api';
 
@@ -173,3 +174,115 @@ describe('TimelineDensityFilter — year-granularity fallback', () => {
 		expect(onchange).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ from: '1905-01-01', to: '1905-12-31' });
 	});
 });
+
+describe('TimelineDensityFilter — drag-to-select-range', () => {
+	function pointerDown(el: HTMLElement) {
+		const event = new PointerEvent('pointerdown', { bubbles: true, pointerId: 1, button: 0 });
+		// jsdom-style stub for setPointerCapture (the real DOM has it but vitest-browser
+		// uses Playwright-driven Chromium so it works natively too).
+		el.dispatchEvent(event);
+	}
+	function pointerEnter(el: HTMLElement) {
+		el.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent('pointerenter', { bubbles: true, pointerId: 1 }));
+	}
+	function pointerUp(el: HTMLElement) {
+		el.dispatchEvent(new PointerEvent('pointerup', { bubbles: true, pointerId: 1, button: 0 }));
+	}
+
+	it('dragging from bar A to bar B emits a single onchange with the spanning range', async () => {
+		const onchange = vi.fn();
+		render(
+			TimelineDensityFilter,
+			makeProps({
+				density: [
+					{ month: '1915-08', count: 1 },
+					{ month: '1915-09', count: 2 },
+					{ month: '1915-10', count: 3 }
+				],
+				minDate: '1915-08-01',
+				maxDate: '1915-10-31',
+				onchange
+			})
+		);
+
+		const bars = document.querySelectorAll(
+			'[data-testid="timeline-bar"]'
+		) as NodeListOf<HTMLElement>;
+		pointerDown(bars[0]);
+		pointerEnter(bars[2]);
+		pointerUp(bars[2]);
+
+		expect(onchange).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+		expect(onchange).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ from: '1915-08-01', to: '1915-10-31' });
+	});
+
+	it('dragging from a later bar to an earlier bar still emits ascending boundaries', async () => {
+		const onchange = vi.fn();
+		render(
+			TimelineDensityFilter,
+			makeProps({
+				density: [
+					{ month: '1915-08', count: 1 },
+					{ month: '1915-09', count: 2 },
+					{ month: '1915-10', count: 3 }
+				],
+				minDate: '1915-08-01',
+				maxDate: '1915-10-31',
+				onchange
+			})
+		);
+
+		const bars = document.querySelectorAll(
+			'[data-testid="timeline-bar"]'
+		) as NodeListOf<HTMLElement>;
+		pointerDown(bars[2]);
+		pointerEnter(bars[0]);
+		pointerUp(bars[0]);
+
+		expect(onchange).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ from: '1915-08-01', to: '1915-10-31' });
+	});
+
+	it('pressing+releasing on the same bar still selects that single bar', async () => {
+		const onchange = vi.fn();
+		render(TimelineDensityFilter, makeProps({ onchange }));
+
+		const bars = document.querySelectorAll(
+			'[data-testid="timeline-bar"]'
+		) as NodeListOf<HTMLElement>;
+		pointerDown(bars[1]);
+		pointerUp(bars[1]);
+
+		expect(onchange).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+		expect(onchange).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ from: '1915-09-01', to: '1915-09-30' });
+	});
+
+	it('marks bars in the active drag range with the in-drag-preview class', async () => {
+		render(
+			TimelineDensityFilter,
+			makeProps({
+				density: [
+					{ month: '1915-08', count: 1 },
+					{ month: '1915-09', count: 2 },
+					{ month: '1915-10', count: 3 },
+					{ month: '1915-11', count: 4 }
+				],
+				minDate: '1915-08-01',
+				maxDate: '1915-11-30'
+			})
+		);
+
+		const bars = document.querySelectorAll(
+			'[data-testid="timeline-bar"]'
+		) as NodeListOf<HTMLElement>;
+		pointerDown(bars[0]);
+		pointerEnter(bars[2]);
+		await tick();
+
+		expect(bars[0].classList.contains('in-drag-preview')).toBe(true);
+		expect(bars[1].classList.contains('in-drag-preview')).toBe(true);
+		expect(bars[2].classList.contains('in-drag-preview')).toBe(true);
+		expect(bars[3].classList.contains('in-drag-preview')).toBe(false);
+
+		pointerUp(bars[2]);
+	});
+});