diff --git a/panel/models/tabulator.ts b/panel/models/tabulator.ts
index e996d231fe..6befdceed4 100644
--- a/panel/models/tabulator.ts
+++ b/panel/models/tabulator.ts
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ export class DataTabulatorView extends HTMLBoxView {
   _updating_page: boolean = false
   _updating_sort: boolean = false
   _selection_updating: boolean = false
+  _last_selected_row: any = null
   _initializing: boolean
   _lastVerticalScrollbarTopPosition: number = 0
   _lastHorizontalScrollbarLeftPosition: number = 0
@@ -785,7 +786,7 @@ export class DataTabulatorView extends HTMLBoxView {
   _expand_render(cell: any): string {
     const index = cell._cell.row.data._index
     const icon = this.model.expanded.indexOf(index) < 0 ? "►" : "▼"
-    return `<i>${icon}</i>`
+    return icon
   }
 
   _update_expand(cell: any): void {
@@ -1233,44 +1234,25 @@ export class DataTabulatorView extends HTMLBoxView {
     const selected = this.model.source.selected
     const index: number = row._row.data._index
 
-    if (this.model.pagination === "remote") {
-      const includes = this.model.source.selected.indices.indexOf(index) == -1
-      const flush = !(e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey || e.shiftKey)
-      if (e.shiftKey && selected.indices.length) {
-        const start = selected.indices[selected.indices.length-1]
-        if (index>start) {
-          for (let i = start; i<=index; i++) {
-            indices.push(i)
-          }
-        } else {
-          for (let i = start; i>=index; i--) {
-            indices.push(i)
-          }
-        }
-      } else {
-        indices.push(index)
-      }
-      this._selection_updating = true
-      this.model.trigger_event(new SelectionEvent(indices, includes, flush))
-      this._selection_updating = false
-      return
-    }
-
     if (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey) {
-      indices = [...this.model.source.selected.indices]
-    } else if (e.shiftKey && selected.indices.length) {
-      const start = selected.indices[selected.indices.length-1]
-      if (index>start) {
-        for (let i = start; i<index; i++) {
-          indices.push(i)
-        }
-      } else {
-        for (let i = start; i>index; i--) {
-          indices.push(i)
-        }
+      indices = [...selected.indices]
+    } else if (e.shiftKey && this._last_selected_row) {
+      const rows = row._row.parent.getDisplayRows()
+      const start_idx = rows.indexOf(this._last_selected_row)
+      if (start_idx !== -1) {
+        const end_idx = rows.indexOf(row._row)
+        const reverse = start_idx > end_idx
+        const [start, end] = reverse ? [end_idx+1, start_idx+1] : [start_idx, end_idx]
+        indices = rows.slice(start, end).map((r: any) => r.data._index)
+        if (reverse) { indices = indices.reverse() }
       }
     }
-    if (indices.indexOf(index) < 0) {
+    const flush = !(e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey || e.shiftKey)
+    const includes = indices.includes(index)
+    const remote = this.model.pagination === "remote"
+
+    // Toggle the index on or off (if remote we let Python do the toggling)
+    if (!includes || remote) {
       indices.push(index)
     } else {
       indices.splice(indices.indexOf(index), 1)
@@ -1282,10 +1264,16 @@ export class DataTabulatorView extends HTMLBoxView {
       }
     }
     const filtered = this._filter_selected(indices)
-    this.tabulator.deselectRow()
-    this.tabulator.selectRow(filtered)
+    if (!remote) {
+      this.tabulator.deselectRow()
+      this.tabulator.selectRow(filtered)
+    }
+    this._last_selected_row = row._row
     this._selection_updating = true
-    selected.indices = filtered
+    if (!remote) {
+      selected.indices = filtered
+    }
+    this.model.trigger_event(new SelectionEvent(indices, !includes, flush))
     this._selection_updating = false
   }
 
diff --git a/panel/tests/ui/widgets/test_tabulator.py b/panel/tests/ui/widgets/test_tabulator.py
index a358044a12..fd9dc06cd0 100644
--- a/panel/tests/ui/widgets/test_tabulator.py
+++ b/panel/tests/ui/widgets/test_tabulator.py
@@ -3497,6 +3497,42 @@ def contains_filter(df, pattern=None):
     wait_until(lambda: tbl.selection == [7], page)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('pagination', ['remote', 'local', None])
+def test_range_selection_on_sorted_data_downward(page, pagination):
+    df = pd.DataFrame({'a': [1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9], 'b': [6, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7]})
+    table = Tabulator(df, disabled=True, pagination=pagination)
+
+    serve_component(page, table)
+
+    page.locator('.tabulator-col-title-holder').nth(2).click()
+
+    page.locator('.tabulator-row').nth(0).click()
+
+    page.keyboard.down('Shift')
+
+    page.locator('.tabulator-row').nth(1).click()
+
+    wait_until(lambda: table.selection == [0, 2], page)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('pagination', ['remote', 'local', None])
+def test_range_selection_on_sorted_data_upward(page, pagination):
+    df = pd.DataFrame({'a': [1, 3, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9], 'b': [6, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7]})
+    table = Tabulator(df, disabled=True, pagination=pagination, page_size=3)
+
+    serve_component(page, table)
+
+    page.locator('.tabulator-col-title-holder').nth(2).click()
+
+    page.locator('.tabulator-row').nth(1).click()
+
+    page.keyboard.down('Shift')
+
+    page.locator('.tabulator-row').nth(0).click()
+
+    wait_until(lambda: table.selection == [2, 0], page)
+
+
 class Test_RemotePagination:
 
     @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
@@ -3516,6 +3552,7 @@ def check_selected(self, page, expected, ui_count=None):
             ui_count = len(expected)
 
         expect(page.locator('.tabulator-selected')).to_have_count(ui_count)
+
         wait_until(lambda: self.widget.selection == expected, page)
 
     @contextmanager
diff --git a/panel/widgets/tables.py b/panel/widgets/tables.py
index 92b1750621..153358c905 100644
--- a/panel/widgets/tables.py
+++ b/panel/widgets/tables.py
@@ -1275,7 +1275,8 @@ def _cleanup(self, root: Model | None = None) -> None:
 
     def _process_event(self, event) -> None:
         if event.event_name == 'selection-change':
-            self._update_selection(event)
+            if self.pagination == 'remote':
+                self._update_selection(event)
             return
 
         event_col = self._renamed_cols.get(event.column, event.column)