Some time ago I came across this post by Erik Darling about using Alt+Shift in SSMS to edit multiple lines at the same time. It’s very cool & something I use on a regular basis. While the original post mentions SSMS, it’s worth noting that Alt+Shift works the same way in Notepad++, Visual Studio & probably a bunch of other applications on Windows.
More recently, I saw a demo by Itzik Ben-Gan where he takes this trick to a whole new level. He used Alt+Shift to copy & paste multiple lines of data, something I hadn’t realised was possible. The below video shows how it works.
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