# Drag selected columns from Describe Objects to Editor broken **URL:** \ **Category:** Toad for Oracle & DevOps Toolkit\ **Created:** [October 26, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/drag-selected-columns-from-describe-objects-to-editor-broken/42937 "2018-10-26T14:22:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Paul](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Paul)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/drag-selected-columns-from-describe-objects-to-editor-broken/42937/1 "2018-10-26T14:23:00Z")
Toad 13.1.0.78 In previous versions, if you describe a table and select multiple columns from the Describe Objects dialog, you could drag them to the Editor. This would create a comma list of the column names. This has always been a HUGELY useful aspect of TOAD when query writing. Now TOAD only adds one of the multiple selected columns, crippling a very useful tool. ---
**Author:** ![JohnDorlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/johndorlon/32/9997_2.png) [@JohnDorlon](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/JohnDorlon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/drag-selected-columns-from-describe-objects-to-editor-broken/42937/2 "2018-10-26T14:25:56Z")
I just tried this and it’s working OK for me. ---
**Author:** ![JohnDorlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/johndorlon/32/9997_2.png) [@JohnDorlon](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/JohnDorlon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/drag-selected-columns-from-describe-objects-to-editor-broken/42937/3 "2018-10-26T14:27:41Z")
You still have the last toolbar item (copy column names) on the describe window as a workaround, until we figure this out. ---
**Author:** ![JohnDorlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/johndorlon/32/9997_2.png) [@JohnDorlon](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/JohnDorlon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/drag-selected-columns-from-describe-objects-to-editor-broken/42937/4 "2018-10-26T14:33:09Z")
Try Shift+Select to get the columns you want…then leave shift down and start your drag…does that work? ---
**Author:** ![JohnDorlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/johndorlon/32/9997_2.png) [@JohnDorlon](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/JohnDorlon)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/drag-selected-columns-from-describe-objects-to-editor-broken/42937/5 "2018-10-26T14:46:32Z")
Ah! (Michael figured this out.) Rt-click in the grid. Turn on Row Select. Then it will work like before. I’ll see if it’s possible to get non-row-select to behave. Sorry for all the replies. ---
**Author:** ![tomar.sonam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomar.sonam](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/tomar.sonam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/drag-selected-columns-from-describe-objects-to-editor-broken/42937/6 "2020-10-01T23:54:04Z")
Hi There, I am new to toad and have a question. is there a way to select multiple columns? I wanted to select two column (along with header) which are not adjacent to each other. Regards. ---
**Author:** ![JohnDorlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/johndorlon/32/9997_2.png) [@JohnDorlon](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/JohnDorlon)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/drag-selected-columns-from-describe-objects-to-editor-broken/42937/7 "2020-10-02T03:05:43Z")
Drag them to make the adjacent, then select