Horizontal Scroll in Power Query Editor

[Anonymous]

Is there a shortcut for horizontal/sideways scroll in the Power Query editor? For example, in Power BI Data view, we can just hold shift when scrolling. 

[mlsx4]

Hi @Anonymous 

I don't know if this is what you need but...

You first select some columns using Shift. Then, you scroll with nothing pressed.
When you want to continue selecting, press first Ctrl and click on the first column of the new range. Now press Shift and select until the end of your new range. 

I mean, I think you can achieve it with a combination of Ctrl and Shift

[Anonymous]

I'm pretty sure the arrow keys do that.

--Nate

[Anonymous]

That isn't really scrolling though. You couldn't select a couple columns to keep, scroll for a bit then add more columns to the selection. Pressing an arrow key immediately clears the selection.

Edit: thanks for replying though. Appreciate arrow keys are good enough for most scenarios.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Edit: went and tested and learnt this one new for today. CTRL + ARROW will allow you to select columns and not lose the selection, whether than selection be adjacent or not. Also checked the docs again and apparently it is in there already which I missed first time around.

I don't think that behaviour is possible, see all the shortcuts here: Keyboard shortcuts in Power Query - Power Query | Microsoft Learn

[Anonymous]

This is great, thank you! Bonus to this is that one can then press CRTL + SPACE to select the highlighted column, makes moving around much faster.