diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 367a28d7..7dae17be 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export { tableEditingKey };
  */
 export type TableEditingOptions = {
   allowTableNodeSelection?: boolean;
+  supportRectangularSelection?: boolean;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ export type TableEditingOptions = {
  */
 export function tableEditing({
   allowTableNodeSelection = false,
+  supportRectangularSelection = false,
 }: TableEditingOptions = {}): Plugin {
   return new Plugin({
     key: tableEditingKey,
@@ -110,7 +112,8 @@ export function tableEditing({
       decorations: drawCellSelection,
 
       handleDOMEvents: {
-        mousedown: handleMouseDown,
+        mousedown: (view, event) =>
+          handleMouseDown(view, event, supportRectangularSelection),
       },
 
       createSelectionBetween(view) {
diff --git a/src/input.ts b/src/input.ts
index f8d54839..f60a4417 100644
--- a/src/input.ts
+++ b/src/input.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ import {
 
 type Axis = 'horiz' | 'vert';
 
+interface Rect {
+  left: number;
+  top: number;
+  right: number;
+  bottom: number;
+}
+
 /**
  * @public
  */
@@ -127,6 +134,68 @@ export function handleTripleClick(view: EditorView, pos: number): boolean {
   return true;
 }
 
+// judge rect is rectangle
+export function judgeRectangle(tableMap: TableMap, rect: Rect) {
+  const { width, map, height } = tableMap;
+  const mergedCellsIndices = [];
+  let indexTop = rect.top * width + rect.left;
+  let indexLeft = indexTop;
+  let indexBottom = (rect.bottom - 1) * width + rect.left;
+  let indexRight = indexTop + (rect.right - rect.left - 1);
+  for (let i = rect.top; i < rect.bottom; i++) {
+    if (
+      (rect.left > 0 && map[indexLeft] === map[indexLeft - 1]) ||
+      (rect.right < width && map[indexRight] === map[indexRight + 1])
+    ) {
+      if (map[indexLeft] === map[indexLeft - 1])
+        mergedCellsIndices.push(indexLeft - 1);
+      if (map[indexRight] === map[indexRight + 1])
+        mergedCellsIndices.push(indexRight + 1);
+    }
+    indexLeft += width;
+    indexRight += width;
+  }
+  for (let i = rect.left; i < rect.right; i++) {
+    if (
+      (rect.top > 0 && map[indexTop] === map[indexTop - width]) ||
+      (rect.bottom < height && map[indexBottom] === map[indexBottom + width])
+    ) {
+      if (map[indexTop] === map[indexTop - width])
+        mergedCellsIndices.push(indexTop - width);
+      if (map[indexBottom] === map[indexBottom + width])
+        mergedCellsIndices.push(indexBottom + width);
+    }
+    indexTop++;
+    indexBottom++;
+  }
+  return Array.from(new Set(mergedCellsIndices));
+}
+
+// get rectangular
+export function getRectangularRect(rect: Rect, tableMap: TableMap) {
+  let mergedCellsIndices = [];
+  const rectangle = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(rect));
+  while ((mergedCellsIndices = judgeRectangle(tableMap, rectangle)).length) {
+    let maxRow = 0,
+      minRow = Infinity,
+      maxCol = 0,
+      minCol = Infinity;
+    mergedCellsIndices.forEach((index: number) => {
+      const rowIndex = Math.floor(index / tableMap.width);
+      const colIndex = index % tableMap.width;
+      maxRow = Math.max(rowIndex, rectangle.bottom - 1, maxRow);
+      minRow = Math.min(rowIndex, rectangle.top, minRow);
+      maxCol = Math.max(colIndex, rectangle.right - 1, maxCol);
+      minCol = Math.min(colIndex, rectangle.left, minCol);
+    });
+    rectangle.left = minCol;
+    rectangle.right = maxCol + 1;
+    rectangle.top = minRow;
+    rectangle.bottom = maxRow + 1;
+  }
+  return rectangle;
+}
+
 /**
  * @public
  */
@@ -177,6 +246,7 @@ export function handlePaste(
 export function handleMouseDown(
   view: EditorView,
   startEvent: MouseEvent,
+  supportRectangularSelection?: boolean,
 ): void {
   if (startEvent.ctrlKey || startEvent.metaKey) return;
 
@@ -210,7 +280,10 @@ export function handleMouseDown(
       if (starting) $head = $anchor;
       else return;
     }
-    const selection = new CellSelection($anchor, $head);
+    const selection = supportRectangularSelection
+      ? getRectangularSelection($anchor, $head)
+      : new CellSelection($anchor, $head);
+
     if (starting || !view.state.selection.eq(selection)) {
       const tr = view.state.tr.setSelection(selection);
       if (starting) tr.setMeta(tableEditingKey, $anchor.pos);
@@ -218,6 +291,26 @@ export function handleMouseDown(
     }
   }
 
+  // get Rectangular cell Selection
+  function getRectangularSelection($anchor: ResolvedPos, $head: ResolvedPos) {
+    const tableNode = $anchor.node(-1);
+    const tableMap = TableMap.get(tableNode);
+    const tableStart = $anchor.start(-1);
+    const rect = tableMap.rectBetween(
+      $anchor.pos - tableStart,
+      $head.pos - tableStart,
+    );
+    const rectangle = getRectangularRect(rect, tableMap);
+    const { left, right, top, bottom } = rectangle;
+    const { map, width } = tableMap;
+    const { tr } = view.state;
+    const $anchorCell = tr.doc.resolve(map[top * width + left] + tableStart);
+    const $headCell = tr.doc.resolve(
+      map[(bottom - 1) * width + right - 1] + tableStart,
+    );
+    return new CellSelection($anchorCell, $headCell);
+  }
+
   // Stop listening to mouse motion events.
   function stop(): void {
     view.root.removeEventListener('mouseup', stop);