Skip to the main content

SQL Server Management Studio

Show results as text

CtrlT

Windows Desktop app SQL Server Management Studio, default scheme

Practice this

In SQL Server Management Studio, Ctrl + T will show results as text. It is listed for Windows, and no Mac version is documented here.

Where it works: Query editor

Where this comes from

SQL Server Management Studio keyboard shortcuts - Microsoft Learn

Documentation checked on 2026-09-14. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

More SQL Server Management Studio shortcuts

Send results to a file Ctrl + Shift + F
Show or hide the results pane Ctrl + R
Switch between the query and the results F6
Copy the result grid with headers Ctrl + Shift + C
Open SQL Server Profiler Ctrl + Alt + P
Describe the selected object with sp_help Alt + F1
Fill in template parameter values Ctrl + Shift + M
Comment out the selection Ctrl + K then Ctrl + C

See every SQL Server Management Studio shortcut

Report a correction