Select a field across multiple records in table view?

[megaptera]

I have a frequent need to enter a same value to multiple records. In the table/list view, this translates to a vertical rectangle selection. How do I do that? Shift-arrow, control-arrow, command-arrow, none worked...

[comment]

Perhaps you could adapt one of the files from here:

http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/200620/