I was trying to do this, too. I couldn't find a solution online, and most people simply said it wasn't possible. I decided to approach it differently to get the same result. I had a list with different categories. When a category is selected, a gallery lists the items in that category. But if there is no category selected, I wanted it to show all items in the gallery. Here's what I did:
1. Set the list's default to nothing (i.e. leave it blank).
2. In the filter for the gallery, add a condition like this:
If(CountRows(ListBoxCategory.SelectedItemsText)>0,Category.Value in ListBoxCategory.SelectedItems,!IsEmpty(Category.Value)))
The logic is that it counts how many selected items there are in the listbox. If there is at least one selection, it filters the category value to the selection. If there isn't a selection, it just verifies the item has a category.
So while you can't select all list items by default, you CAN achieve the same functionality.
I hope this helps!