Using the fill handle in Airtable
  • 01 Mar 2024
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All plan types

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Web/Browser, Mac app, and Windows app

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Using the fill handle in Airtable 

While you can copy and paste data from bases, CSVs, or other data sources into multiple cells simultaneously, using the fill handle in Airtable provides a faster and more accurate way of updating your bases.

Using the fill handle

  1. Visit your Airtable homepage

  2. Create or open your preferred base.

  3. Select the cell you want to copy.

    1. The handle will appear as a small box in the right-hand corner of the selected cell.

  1. Hover your cursor over the small box in the right-hand corner of your selected cell and drag the handle from the initial cell to your preferred final cell. 

    1. After releasing your cursor, the selected cells are filled with your preferred data.

Note

Keep in mind that you can drag the fill handle horizontally or vertically as long as you are selecting cells that are adjacent to one another.

Continuing a data series using the fill handle

Note

To continue a numeric or date sequence, first configure the field as a number or date field type.

  1. Visit your Airtable homepage

  2. Create or open your preferred base. 

  3. Select the cell(s) you hold the data series you want to continue.

    1. The handle will appear as a small box in the right-hand corner of the selected cell.

    2. For example, dragging the "1, 2" values of two cells will extend the numeric sequence to "1, 2, 3, 4 . . .."


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