diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index ab62c04a34..0729434214 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@
   navigation links will be displayed here. The notification,
   user and system tools are now displayed at the top navigation
   bar.
+- Added support for selecting a document from the UI by just
+  clicking on the title of the body of the card, not just on
+  the checkbox next to the title.
 
 3.1.9 (2018-11-01)
 ==================
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/js/mayan_app.js b/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/js/mayan_app.js
index 50c6716c95..76c00aeeed 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/js/mayan_app.js
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/static/appearance/js/mayan_app.js
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ class MayanApp {
             value.app = self;
             app.doRefreshAJAXMenu(value);
         });
+        this.setupPanelSelection();
         partialNavigation.initialize();
     }
 
@@ -312,6 +313,7 @@ class MayanApp {
                 app.lastChecked = this;
                 return;
             }
+
             if(e.shiftKey) {
                 var $checkBoxes = $('.check-all-slave');
 
@@ -348,6 +350,47 @@ class MayanApp {
         });
     }
 
+    setupPanelSelection () {
+        var app = this;
+
+        $('body').on('click', '.panel-item', function (event) {
+            var $this = $(this);
+            var targetSrc = $(event.target).prop('src');
+            var targetHref = $(event.target).prop('href');
+            var lastChecked = null;
+
+            if ((targetSrc === undefined) && (targetHref === undefined)) {
+                var $checkbox = $this.find('.check-all-slave');
+                var checked = $checkbox.prop('checked');
+
+                if (checked) {
+                    $checkbox.prop('checked', '');
+                    $checkbox.trigger('change');
+                } else {
+                    $checkbox.prop('checked', 'checked');
+                    $checkbox.trigger('change');
+                }
+
+                if(!app.lastChecked) {
+                    app.lastChecked = $checkbox;
+                }
+
+                if (event.shiftKey) {
+                    var $checkBoxes = $('.check-all-slave');
+
+                    var start = $checkBoxes.index($checkbox);
+                    var end = $checkBoxes.index(app.lastChecked);
+
+                    $checkBoxes.slice(
+                        Math.min(start, end), Math.max(start, end) + 1
+                    ).prop('checked', app.lastChecked.prop('checked')).trigger('change');
+                }
+                app.lastChecked = $checkbox;
+                window.getSelection().removeAllRanges();
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     setupScrollView () {
         $('.scrollable').scrollview();
     }
diff --git a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/root.html b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/root.html
index 10489a7e2e..b8a0ab677e 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/root.html
+++ b/mayan/apps/appearance/templates/appearance/root.html
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@
             {# Transfer variable from Django to javascript #}
             var initialURL = '{% url home_view %}';
             var djangoDEBUG = {% if debug %}true{% else %}false{% endif %};
-            var apiTemplateMainMenuURL = '{% url "rest_api:template-detail" "menu_main" %}';
         </script>
         <script src="{% static 'appearance/js/base.js' %}" type="text/javascript"></script>
         <script>