Keyboard Shortcuts within the Enhanced Editor

The keyboard shortcuts that are listed here are the default shortcuts.

Table A5.3: Default Keyboard Shortcuts for the Enhanced Editor

Category	Command	Keyboard Shortcut
Abbreviation	Add a new abbreviation	Ctrl + Shift + A
	Bring up word tip	Alt + F1 + No Selection
	Hide the current word tip	Esc
Code Folding	Collapse all folding blocks	Alt + Ctrl + Number pad -
	Collapse current line	Alt + Number pad -
	Expand all folding blocks	Alt + Ctrl + Number pad +
	Expand current line	Alt + Number pad +
	Toggle expand current line	Alt + Number pad *
Command/Macro Support	Add or change macros	Ctrl + Shift + M
	Execute the last recorded macro	Ctrl + F1
	Play a command/macro	Alt + F8
	Start/Complete macro	Alt + Shift + R
Edit	Copy selection	Ctrl + C
	Cut selection	Ctrl + X
	Delete current character	Delete
	Delete previous character	Backspace or Shift + Backspace
	Delete to next word start	Ctrl + Delete
	Delete to previous word start	Ctrl + Backspace
	Insert a carriage return	Enter
	Paste from clipboard	Ctrl + V
	Redo	Ctrl + Y Alt + Shift + Backspace
	Undo	Ctrl + Z Alt + Backspace
Help	Get Help for a SAS procedure	place the cursor within a procedure name and press F1
	Context Help	F1
Line Markers	Go to the next marked line	F2
	Go to the previous marked line	Shift + F2
	Toggle marker on the current line	Ctrl + F2
Navigation	Go to line (interactive)	Ctrl + G
	Move cursor to the top of the file	Ctrl + Page Up Ctrl + Home
	Move cursor to the bottom of the file	Ctrl + Page Down Ctrl + End
	Move cursor down	Down
	Move cursor down a page	Page Down
	Move cursor left	Left
	Move cursor right	Right
	Move cursor to beginning of line	Home
	Move cursor to end of line	End
	Move cursor to matching brace / parentheses	Ctrl + [ Ctrl + ]
	Move cursor to matching DO/ END keyword	Alt + [ Alt + ]
	Move cursor to next case change	Alt + Right
	Move cursor to next word start	Ctrl + Right
	Move cursor to previous case change	Alt + Left
	Move cursor to previous word start	Ctrl + Left
	Move cursor up	Up
	Move cursor up a page	Page Up
	Move cursor to the first visible line	Alt + Up
	Move cursor to the last visible line	Alt + Down
	Scroll screen down	Ctrl + Up
	Scroll screen up	Ctrl + Down
Option Setting	Toggle insert/overwrite mode	Insert
Selection	Extend selection character left	Shift + Left
	Extend selection character right	Shift + Right
	Extend selection down	Shift + Down
	Extend selection down a page	Shift + Page Down
	Extend selection to beginning of document	Ctrl + Shift + Home Ctrl + Shift + Page Up
	Extend selection to beginning of line	Shift + Home
	Extend selection to end of document	Ctrl + Shift + End Ctrl + Shift + Page Down
	Extend selection to end of line	Shift + End
	Extend selection to next case change	Alt + Shift + Right
	Extend selection to previous case change	Alt + Shift + Left
	Extend selection up	Shift + Up
	Extend selection up a page	Shift + Page Up
	Extend selection to previous word start	Ctrl + Shift + Left
	Extend selection to the next word start	Ctrl + Shift + Right
	Select all	Ctrl + A
Selection Operations	Clean up whitespace	Ctrl + Shift + W
	Comment the selection with line comments	Ctrl + /
	Convert the selected text to lowercase	Ctrl + Shift + L
	Convert the selected text to uppercase	Ctrl + Shift + U
	Tab selection	Tab + Selection
	Undo the Comment	Ctrl + Shift + /
	Undo the Tab selection	Shift + Tab + Selection