SQL SERVER Management Studio – ALT + SHIFT Keys Trick to Select Vertical Text

Today we are going to see a quick tip which is suggested by SQL Server Expert Nicklas Bågvinge, whom I met in the Gothenburg earlier this week during a SQL Training. He recently sent me an email about a very interesting SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) tip. Let us learn how we can select vertical text in SSMS using ALT + SHIFT keys.

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It is quite common that we want to select often vertical text in SSMS and make our edits like adding spaces, deleting the text or changing the case of the text. It is very difficult to do that as there is no out of box way to select the text. However, if you hold the short cut keys ALT + SHIFT and select any highlighted text vertically they will be selected easily.

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Though this is for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), it also works in notepad++ and few other text editors as well. If you know any such trick, please send me an email and I will be happy to post on the blog with the due credit to you.

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