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+/*****************************************************************************
+ * Open MCT, Copyright (c) 2014-2016, United States Government
+ * as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space
+ * Administration. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Open MCT is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ *
+ * Open MCT includes source code licensed under additional open source
+ * licenses. See the Open Source Licenses file (LICENSES.md) included with
+ * this source code distribution or the Licensing information page available
+ * at runtime from the About dialog for additional information.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+define(['zepto'], function ($) {
+    function SelectGesture(selection) {
+        this.selection = selection;
+    }
+
+    SelectGesture.prototype.apply = function (htmlElement, item) {
+        var $element = $(htmlElement);
+        var selection = this.selection;
+        var select = selection.add.bind(selection, item);
+
+        $element.addClass('selectable');
+        $element.on('click', select);
+    };
+
+    return SelectGesture;
+});