Drag and insert

Windows	Mac
Shiftdrag	⇧drag

About This Shortcut

By default, when you drag a selection to a new location, the values in the selection will overwrite cells at the new location. Use this shortcut to insert cells at the new location. This also works when dragging entire rows or columns.

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