diff --git a/src/ExtendedTableWidget.cpp b/src/ExtendedTableWidget.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb0f64f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ExtendedTableWidget.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#include <QApplication>
+#include <QClipboard>
+#include <QKeySequence>
+#include <QKeyEvent>
+#include "ExtendedTableWidget.h"
+
+ExtendedTableWidget::ExtendedTableWidget(QWidget* parent) :
+    QTableView(parent)
+{
+}
+
+void ExtendedTableWidget::copy()
+{
+    // Get list of selected items
+    QItemSelectionModel* selection = selectionModel();
+    QModelIndexList indices = selection->selectedIndexes();
+
+    // Abort if there's nothing to copy
+    if(indices.size() == 0)
+        return;
+
+    // Sort the items by row, then by column
+    qSort(indices);
+
+    // Go through all the items...
+    QString result;
+    QModelIndex prev = indices.front();
+    indices.removeFirst();
+    foreach(QModelIndex index, indices)
+    {
+        // Add the content of this cell to the clipboard string
+        result.append(QString("\"%1\"").arg(prev.data().toString()));
+
+        // If this is a new row add a line break, if not add a tab for cell separation
+        if(index.row() != prev.row())
+            result.append("\r\n");
+        else
+            result.append("\t");
+
+        prev = index;
+    }
+    result.append(QString("\"%1\"\r\n").arg(indices.last().data().toString()));      // And the last cell
+
+    // And finally add it to the clipboard
+    qApp->clipboard()->setText(result);
+}
+
+void ExtendedTableWidget::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent* event)
+{
+    // Call a custom copy method when Ctrl-C is pressed
+    if(event->matches(QKeySequence::Copy))
+        copy();
+    else
+        QTableView::keyPressEvent(event);
+}
diff --git a/src/ExtendedTableWidget.h b/src/ExtendedTableWidget.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e8adbbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ExtendedTableWidget.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#ifndef __EXTENDEDTABLEWIDGET_H__
+#define __EXTENDEDTABLEWIDGET_H__
+
+#include <QTableView>
+
+class ExtendedTableWidget : public QTableView
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    explicit ExtendedTableWidget(QWidget* parent = 0);
+
+private:
+    void copy();
+
+protected:
+    virtual void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent* event);
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.cpp b/src/MainWindow.cpp
index 4a05abe6..766bada8 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget* parent)
     : QMainWindow(parent),
       ui(new Ui::MainWindow),
+      browseTableModel(new QStandardItemModel(this)),
       editWin(new EditDialog(this)),
       findWin(0)
 {
@@ -63,7 +64,9 @@ void MainWindow::init()
     // Create the SQL sytax highlighter
     sqliteHighlighterTabSql = new SQLiteSyntaxHighlighter(ui->sqlTextEdit->document());
 
-    // Set up DB model
+    // Set up DB models
+    ui->dataTable->setModel(browseTableModel);
+
     queryResultListModel = new QStandardItemModel(this);
     ui->queryResultTableView->setModel(queryResultListModel);
 
@@ -114,7 +117,6 @@ void MainWindow::init()
     setAcceptDrops(true);
     setWindowTitle(QApplication::applicationName());
 
-
     // Fonts for edit fields
     QFont font("Monospace");
     font.setStyleHint(QFont::TypeWriter);
@@ -285,9 +287,10 @@ void MainWindow::populateTable( const QString & tablename, bool keepColumnWidths
     }
 
     QString orderby = QString::number(curBrowseOrderByIndex) + " " + (curBrowseOrderByMode == ORDERMODE_ASC ? "ASC" : "DESC");
-    if (!db.browseTable(tablename, orderby)){
-        ui->dataTable->setRowCount( 0 );
-        ui->dataTable->setColumnCount( 0 );
+    if(!db.browseTable(tablename, orderby))
+    {
+        browseTableModel->setRowCount(0);
+        browseTableModel->setColumnCount(0);
         QApplication::restoreOverrideCursor();
         if(findWin)
             findWin->resetFields(db.getTableFields(""));
@@ -389,9 +392,10 @@ void MainWindow::addRecord()
 
 void MainWindow::deleteRecord()
 {
-    if (ui->dataTable->currentRow()!=-1){
-        int lastselected = ui->dataTable->currentRow();
-        db.deleteRecord(ui->dataTable->currentRow());
+    if(ui->dataTable->currentIndex().row() != -1)
+    {
+        int lastselected = ui->dataTable->currentIndex().row();
+        db.deleteRecord(lastselected);
         populateTable(db.curBrowseTableName);
         int nextselected = lastselected ;
         if (nextselected > db.getRecordCount()){
@@ -427,9 +431,9 @@ void MainWindow::updateTableView(int lineToSelect, bool keepColumnWidths)
 {
     QApplication::setOverrideCursor( Qt::WaitCursor );
 
-    ui->dataTable->setRowCount(db.getRecordCount());
-    ui->dataTable->setColumnCount( db.browseFields.count() );
-    ui->dataTable->setHorizontalHeaderLabels(db.browseFields);
+    browseTableModel->setRowCount(db.getRecordCount());
+    browseTableModel->setColumnCount(db.browseFields.count());
+    browseTableModel->setHorizontalHeaderLabels(db.browseFields);
 
     rowList tab = db.browseRecs;
     int maxRecs = db.getRecordCount();
@@ -443,17 +447,17 @@ void MainWindow::updateTableView(int lineToSelect, bool keepColumnWidths)
         for (int i = 0; i < tab.size(); ++i)
         {
             rowLabel.setNum(rowNum+1);
-            ui->dataTable->setVerticalHeaderItem(rowNum, new QTableWidgetItem( rowLabel ));
+            browseTableModel->setVerticalHeaderItem(rowNum, new QStandardItem(rowLabel));
             colNum = 0;
             QStringList& rt = tab[i];
             for (int e = 1; e < rt.size(); ++e)
             {
                 QString& content = rt[e];
 
-                QTableWidgetItem* item = new QTableWidgetItem(content);
+                QStandardItem* item = new QStandardItem(content);
                 item->setFlags(Qt::ItemIsSelectable | Qt::ItemIsEnabled);
                 item->setToolTip(wrapText(content));
-                ui->dataTable->setItem( rowNum, colNum, item);
+                browseTableModel->setItem( rowNum, colNum, item);
                 colNum++;
             }
             rowNum++;
@@ -462,7 +466,7 @@ void MainWindow::updateTableView(int lineToSelect, bool keepColumnWidths)
     }
 
     if(!keepColumnWidths) {
-        for(int i = 0; i < ui->dataTable->columnCount(); ++i)
+        for(int i=0;i<browseTableModel->columnCount();++i)
         {
             ui->dataTable->resizeColumnToContents(i);
             if( ui->dataTable->columnWidth(i) > 400 )
@@ -480,13 +484,13 @@ void MainWindow::selectTableLine(int lineToSelect)
 {
     ui->dataTable->clearSelection();
     ui->dataTable->selectRow(lineToSelect);
-    ui->dataTable->setCurrentCell(lineToSelect, 0);
-    ui->dataTable->scrollToItem(ui->dataTable->itemAt(lineToSelect, 0));
+    ui->dataTable->setCurrentIndex(ui->dataTable->currentIndex().sibling(lineToSelect, 0));
+    ui->dataTable->scrollTo(ui->dataTable->currentIndex().sibling(lineToSelect, 0));
 }
 
 void MainWindow::navigatePrevious()
 {
-    int curRow = ui->dataTable->currentRow();
+    int curRow = ui->dataTable->currentIndex().row();
     curRow -= 100;
     if(curRow < 0) curRow = 0;
     updateTableView(curRow);
@@ -495,9 +499,10 @@ void MainWindow::navigatePrevious()
 
 void MainWindow::navigateNext()
 {
-    int curRow = ui->dataTable->currentRow();
+    int curRow = ui->dataTable->currentIndex().row();
     curRow += 100;
-    if(curRow >= ui->dataTable->rowCount()) curRow = ui->dataTable->rowCount()-1;
+    if(curRow >= browseTableModel->rowCount())
+        curRow = browseTableModel->rowCount()-1;
     updateTableView(curRow);
 }
 
@@ -518,7 +523,7 @@ void MainWindow::setRecordsetLabel()
 {
     int from = ui->dataTable->verticalHeader()->visualIndexAt(0) + 1;
     int to = ui->dataTable->verticalHeader()->visualIndexAt(ui->dataTable->height()) - 1;
-    int total = ui->dataTable->rowCount();
+    int total = browseTableModel->rowCount();
     if(to == -2)
         to = total;
 
@@ -709,9 +714,9 @@ void MainWindow::updateRecordText(int row, int col, const QString& newtext)
     QStringList& rt = tab[row];
     QString& cv = rt[col+1];//must account for rowid
 
-    QTableWidgetItem* item = new QTableWidgetItem(cv);
+    QStandardItem* item = new QStandardItem(cv);
     item->setToolTip( wrapText(cv) );
-    ui->dataTable->setItem(row, col, item);
+    browseTableModel->setItem(row, col, item);
 
 }
 
@@ -719,7 +724,7 @@ void MainWindow::editWinAway()
 {
     editWin->hide();
     activateWindow();
-    ui->dataTable->setRangeSelected(QTableWidgetSelectionRange(editWin->getCurrentRow(), editWin->getCurrentCol(), editWin->getCurrentRow(), editWin->getCurrentCol()), true);
+    ui->dataTable->setCurrentIndex(ui->dataTable->currentIndex().sibling(editWin->getCurrentRow(), editWin->getCurrentCol()));
 }
 
 void MainWindow::editText(int row, int col)
@@ -732,9 +737,10 @@ void MainWindow::editText(int row, int col)
     editWin->show();
 }
 
-void MainWindow::doubleClickTable( int row, int col )
+void MainWindow::doubleClickTable(const QModelIndex& index)
 {
-    if ((row==-1) || (col==-1)){
+    if(!index.isValid())
+    {
         qDebug("no cell selected");
         return;
     }
@@ -743,9 +749,7 @@ void MainWindow::doubleClickTable( int row, int col )
     if(db.getObjectByName(ui->comboBrowseTable->currentText()).gettype() != "table")
         return;
 
-    int realRow = row;
-
-    editText(realRow , col);
+    editText(index.row(), index.column());
 }
 
 void MainWindow::executeQuery()
@@ -1125,6 +1129,10 @@ void MainWindow::activateFields(bool enable)
 
 void MainWindow::browseTableHeaderClicked(int logicalindex)
 {
+    // Abort if there is more than one column selected because this tells us that the user pretty sure wants to do a range selection instead of sorting data
+    if(ui->dataTable->selectionModel()->selectedColumns().count() > 1)
+        return;
+
     // instead of the column name we just use the column index, +2 because 'rowid, *' is the projection
     curBrowseOrderByIndex = logicalindex + 2;
     curBrowseOrderByMode = curBrowseOrderByMode == ORDERMODE_ASC ? ORDERMODE_DESC : ORDERMODE_ASC;
@@ -1132,7 +1140,7 @@ void MainWindow::browseTableHeaderClicked(int logicalindex)
 
     // select the first item in the column so the header is bold
     // we might try to select the last selected item
-    ui->dataTable->setCurrentCell(0, logicalindex);
+    ui->dataTable->setCurrentIndex(ui->dataTable->currentIndex().sibling(0, logicalindex));
 }
 
 void MainWindow::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent*)
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.h b/src/MainWindow.h
index 8625252c..d8ed23a0 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.h
+++ b/src/MainWindow.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class SQLiteSyntaxHighlighter;
 class QStandardItemModel;
 class QIntValidator;
 class QLabel;
+class QModelIndex;
 
 namespace Ui {
 class MainWindow;
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ private:
 
     Ui::MainWindow* ui;
 
+    QStandardItemModel *browseTableModel;
     QStandardItemModel *queryResultListModel;
     QMenu *popupTableMenu;
     QMenu *popupFieldMenu;
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ private slots:
     virtual void updateRecordText( int row, int col, const QString& newtext );
     virtual void editWinAway();
     virtual void editText( int row, int col );
-    virtual void doubleClickTable( int row, int col );
+    virtual void doubleClickTable(const QModelIndex& index);
     virtual void executeQuery();
     virtual void importTableFromCSV();
     virtual void exportTableToCSV();
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.ui b/src/MainWindow.ui
index 9f637c6a..de2be14d 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.ui
+++ b/src/MainWindow.ui
@@ -205,12 +205,12 @@
       </layout>
      </item>
      <item>
-      <widget class="QTableWidget" name="dataTable">
+      <widget class="ExtendedTableWidget" name="dataTable">
        <property name="whatsThis">
         <string>This is the database view. You can double-click any record to edit its contents in the cell editor window.</string>
        </property>
        <property name="selectionMode">
-        <enum>QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection</enum>
+        <enum>QAbstractItemView::ExtendedSelection</enum>
        </property>
        <property name="horizontalScrollMode">
         <enum>QAbstractItemView::ScrollPerPixel</enum>
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
           <x>0</x>
           <y>0</y>
           <width>763</width>
-          <height>494</height>
+          <height>444</height>
          </rect>
         </property>
         <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout">
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
-      <widget class="QTableView" name="queryResultTableView">
+      <widget class="ExtendedTableWidget" name="queryResultTableView">
        <property name="toolTip">
         <string>Query generated data</string>
        </property>
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@
         <set>QAbstractItemView::NoEditTriggers</set>
        </property>
        <property name="selectionMode">
-        <enum>QAbstractItemView::NoSelection</enum>
+        <enum>QAbstractItemView::ExtendedSelection</enum>
        </property>
        <property name="horizontalScrollMode">
         <enum>QAbstractItemView::ScrollPerPixel</enum>
@@ -1399,6 +1399,11 @@
    <extends>QTextEdit</extends>
    <header>sqltextedit.h</header>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>ExtendedTableWidget</class>
+   <extends>QTableView</extends>
+   <header>ExtendedTableWidget.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <tabstops>
   <tabstop>dbTreeWidget</tabstop>
@@ -1697,22 +1702,6 @@
     </hint>
    </hints>
   </connection>
-  <connection>
-   <sender>dataTable</sender>
-   <signal>cellDoubleClicked(int,int)</signal>
-   <receiver>MainWindow</receiver>
-   <slot>doubleClickTable(int,int)</slot>
-   <hints>
-    <hint type="sourcelabel">
-     <x>99</x>
-     <y>113</y>
-    </hint>
-    <hint type="destinationlabel">
-     <x>399</x>
-     <y>299</y>
-    </hint>
-   </hints>
-  </connection>
   <connection>
    <sender>mainTab</sender>
    <signal>currentChanged(int)</signal>
@@ -2129,6 +2118,22 @@
     </hint>
    </hints>
   </connection>
+  <connection>
+   <sender>dataTable</sender>
+   <signal>doubleClicked(QModelIndex)</signal>
+   <receiver>MainWindow</receiver>
+   <slot>doubleClickTable(QModelIndex)</slot>
+   <hints>
+    <hint type="sourcelabel">
+     <x>399</x>
+     <y>211</y>
+    </hint>
+    <hint type="destinationlabel">
+     <x>399</x>
+     <y>299</y>
+    </hint>
+   </hints>
+  </connection>
  </connections>
  <slots>
   <slot>fileOpen()</slot>
@@ -2143,7 +2148,7 @@
   <slot>browseRefresh()</slot>
   <slot>compact()</slot>
   <slot>helpWhatsThis()</slot>
-  <slot>doubleClickTable(int,int)</slot>
+  <slot>doubleClickTable(QModelIndex)</slot>
   <slot>browseTableHeaderClicked(int)</slot>
   <slot>mainTabSelected(int)</slot>
   <slot>executeQuery()</slot>
@@ -2169,5 +2174,6 @@
   <slot>deleteField()</slot>
   <slot>loadPragmas()</slot>
   <slot>savePragmas()</slot>
+  <slot>copy()</slot>
  </slots>
 </ui>
diff --git a/src/src.pro b/src/src.pro
index a3bdffe9..8eb6ec88 100644
--- a/src/src.pro
+++ b/src/src.pro
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ HEADERS += \
     ExportCsvDialog.h \
     ImportCsvDialog.h \
     sqltextedit.h \
-    sqlitetypes.h
+    sqlitetypes.h \
+    ExtendedTableWidget.h
 
 SOURCES += \
     sqlitedb.cpp \
@@ -41,7 +42,8 @@ SOURCES += \
     ExportCsvDialog.cpp \
     ImportCsvDialog.cpp \
     sqltextedit.cpp \
-    sqlitetypes.cpp
+    sqlitetypes.cpp \
+    ExtendedTableWidget.cpp
 
 # create a unittest option
 CONFIG(unittest) {