Rectangular selection for text

[Oufti]

It would be very appreciated if we could make rectangular selections throughout a text frame, thus selecting only the characters included inside the rectangle.

In other softwares, it is doable if you add the Alt/Option key pressed when tracing the selection. 

This is notably useful when you edit common text laid out in columns with tabs, instead of in tables (e.g. a document where each line ends with a price or a quantity and you want to give a specific format to this part). 

or:
Glass of milk            200 ml                 1,80 €  

 

This topic originates from this one, created in the V1 feedback section:

where @MikeTO 🤝 exposes another reason it could be helpful.