If your UI is based on multi selection (and Nautilus definitely is) you should not register to whenSelectedIndexChanged:/whenSelectedItemChanged:, but only the plural version.
Ok, I get that.�
Still, when you create a NewList you have to provide a setIndexSelector, for example in the CategoryWidget I am doing:
categoriesList := NewList
on: self�
getItemsSelector: #getCategories�
setIndexSelector: #selectedCategoryIndex:
getDisplaySelector: #categoryWrapper:.
So, every time you click on the categories list (both selecting multiple categories or not) the CategoryWidget receives the #selectedCategoryIndex: message.
The current selectedCategoryIndex: message reads like this: