diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/MultiSelect.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/MultiSelect.vue
index 406c869dda..0e8ac91571 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/MultiSelect.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/MultiSelect.vue
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ useSelectedCellKeyupListener(active, (e) => {
       break
     default:
       // toggle only if char key pressed
-      if (e.key?.length === 1) {
+      if (!(e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey || e.shiftKey || e.altKey) && e.key?.length === 1) {
         e.stopPropagation()
         isOpen.value = true
       }
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/SingleSelect.vue b/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/SingleSelect.vue
index 0445193150..a57479836f 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/SingleSelect.vue
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/components/cell/SingleSelect.vue
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const options = computed<(SelectOptionType & { value: string })[]>(() => {
   if (column?.value.colOptions) {
     const opts = column.value.colOptions
       ? // todo: fix colOptions type, options does not exist as a property
-        (column.value.colOptions as any).options.filter((el: SelectOptionType) => el.title !== '') || []
+      (column.value.colOptions as any).options.filter((el: SelectOptionType) => el.title !== '') || []
       : []
     for (const op of opts.filter((el: any) => el.order === null)) {
       op.title = op.title.replace(/^'/, '').replace(/'$/, '')
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ useSelectedCellKeyupListener(active, (e) => {
       break
     default:
       // toggle only if char key pressed
-      if (e.key?.length === 1) {
+      if (!(e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey || e.shiftKey || e.altKey) && e.key?.length === 1) {
         e.stopPropagation()
         isOpen.value = true
       }
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ async function addIfMissingAndSave() {
 
         // Mysql escapes single quotes with backslash so we keep quotes but others have to unescaped
         if (!isMysql.value) {
-          updatedColMeta.cdf = updatedColMeta.cdf.replace(/''/g, "'")
+          updatedColMeta.cdf = updatedColMeta.cdf.replace(/''/g, '\'')
         }
       }
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ async function addIfMissingAndSave() {
       )
       vModel.value = newOptValue
       await getMeta(column.value.fk_model_id!, true)
-    } catch (e) {
+    } catch (e: any) {
       console.log(e)
       message.error(await extractSdkResponseErrorMsg(e))
     }
diff --git a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/index.ts b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/index.ts
index f6cb716f7e..eeaf808124 100644
--- a/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nc-gui/composables/useMultiSelect/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { MaybeRef } from '@vueuse/core'
 import type { ColumnType } from 'nocodb-sdk'
+import { UITypes } from 'nocodb-sdk'
 import type { Cell } from './cellRange'
 import { CellRange } from './cellRange'
 import { copyTable, message, reactive, ref, unref, useCopy, useEventListener, useI18n } from '#imports'
@@ -252,17 +253,26 @@ export function useMultiSelect(
             switch (e.keyCode) {
               // copy - ctrl/cmd +c
               case 67:
+                // set clipboard context only if single cell selected
+                if (rowObj.row[columnObj.title!]) {
+                  clipboardContext = {
+                    value: rowObj.row[columnObj.title!],
+                    uidt: columnObj.uidt,
+                  }
+                } else {
+                  clipboardContext = null
+                }
                 await copyValue()
                 break
               case 86:
                 if (clipboardContext) {
-                  rowObj.row[columnObj.title] = convertCellData({
+                  rowObj.row[columnObj.title!] = convertCellData({
                     value: clipboardContext.value,
                     from: clipboardContext.uidt,
                     to: columnObj.uidt,
                   })
                   e.preventDefault()
-                  makeEditable(rowObj,columnObj)
+                  makeEditable(rowObj, columnObj)
                 } else {
                   clearCell(selectedCell as { row: number; col: number }, true)
                   makeEditable(rowObj, columnObj)