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Cannot select multiple cells by holding Shift key
- Azure Data Studio Version: 1.0.0
Steps to Reproduce:
- Run any query that returns multiple columns or rows.
- Click on a cell of the
Query Results - Hold Shift and click on another cell
Expected Behavior: The cells in the range of the first and the last cell clicked should be selected
Actual Behavior: Only the last cell clicked is selected
I was just about to file an issue for this - ctrl+click also doesn't seem to allow multi select - in this case obviously without taking the range between.
I'm not sure how that nicely this would play with the behaviour of opening json strings etc in a new tab when the cell is clicked (as documented in #6295) - although you could probably have shift/ctrl+click override the open in new tab behaviour and simply select the cell which would maybe solve both issues?
This appears to be working on current builds. Please let us know if you're still impacted by this issue.
I just tried this on 1.36.1 and this definitely not working. I thought it was working before...
@jchandracoupa holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on different regions in the grid should allow selecting multiple regions. I just checked and this is working for me on 1.36.1. Is that not working for you?
Ah, my bad. I used the Shift key which I thought should work by clicking the first cell and clicking the last cell that I want and I feel that it should select all in between. But you are correct, Ctrl and dragging or Ctrl and clicking a bunch of things will work. Ctrl + Shift + arrow key to select a region of rows and columns doesn't seem to work tho. A bit of an accessibility issue?
@jchandracoupa you should be able to click on a cell, then hold down Shift + arrow key to select a region of cells. Please let us know if that isn't working. I'll chat with @alanrenmsft to review the various cell selection options to ensure they are consistent/intuitive.
I can confirm that this is still an issue in ADS Version 1.37.0. Shift clicking a range continues to not work. Using the method of clicking a cell, then shift+arrow keys is a bit of a workaround though annoying. I believe this used to work in the past as well, curious what type of change would regress this behavior. With regards to consistency, the notion of clicking then shift-clicking to select multiple entities within the range is a UX that's as old as my computing experience with Windows.
I am using ADS 1.38.0: Holding shift and using the arrow keys correctly selects multiple cells Ctrl+Click correctly adds each clicked item to the selection Shift+Click to multi select is still not working.
The fix will be in the November release.
I've added support for SHIFT key, here is a summary of the selection behaviors NOTE: The multi-selection key is CTRL for Windows/Linux, CMD key for macOS.
Scenarios
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Select all - click the header of row number column
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Select a single column - click the column header
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Select columns individually - click the header of the columns with CTRL/CMD key pressed
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Select columns in a range - select the start column (a cell or entire column), then select the end column header with SHIFT key pressed
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Select a row - click the row number cell
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Select muliple rows individually - click the row number cells with CTRL/CMD key pressed
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Select rows in a range - select the start row (a cell or the row header), then select the end row header with SHIFT key pressed
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Select cells in a range with mouse - press and hold the select button in the start cell, then move the cursor to the end cell and release the button
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Select cells in a range with keyboard only - select the start cell, press and hold SHIFT key, then use the arrow keys to select the range
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Select cells in a range with mouse and SHIFT key - select the start cell, press and hold SHIFT key, then click the end cell
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Select multiple ranges - Select a range with the options listed above and then with CTRL/CMD pressed and keep adding new selections.
