BigQuery Web Editor star expansion columns in SELECT

Question

Given the below code, I'd like to expand the * to the list of columns in the FROM clause. Some places refer to this as "star expansion". SQL Server/Dbeaver are able to do this by pressing CTRL+Space or other shortcuts. Is there a way to do this in the BigQuery Web UI Editor?

SELECT
    *
FROM
  `analytics-dev.my_dataset.my_table`

If my_table has 4 columns, pressing the shortcut keyword would expand to:

SELECT
    col1, col2, col3, col4
FROM
  `analytics-dev.my_dataset.my_table`

Answer 1

You can use 3rd party IDE for BigQuery supporting this and many more perks
This is Goliath - part of Potens.io Suite available at Marketplace .

when user pick [highlighted] option - the query editor is populated as in below screenshot (not exactly expansion as it is asked in your question)

Yet expansion is also supported but with few more steps

• navigate to table by CTRL + Click on table reference + SPACE
• then choosing "Insert all fields" - obviously making sure cursor is in proper place in Editor...

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