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Default Key Settings for Interactive SAS Sessions under Windows

Keyboard Shortcuts within the SAS Main Window

The keys that are listed here are not listed in the KEYS window. You might find these keys to be useful as shortcuts for editing and other tasks.

Key Settings for the Main SAS Window
Key Combination Action
Dialog boxes and Entry Fields
Tab move to next field
Shift + Tab move to previous field
Navigate around Text
Ctrl + -> (right arrow) move to next word
Ctrl + <- (left arrow) move to previous word
Home move to beginning of line
End move to end of line
Ctrl + Home move to top
Ctrl + End move to bottom
Page Up page up
Page Down page down
Ctrl + Page Up move to top
Ctrl + Page Down move to bottom
Ctrl + Tab navigate to the next open SAS window (NEXTWIND command)
Ctrl + Shift + Tab navigate to the previous open SAS window (PREVWIND command)
Mark Text
Shift + -> (right arrow) mark while going to the right
Shift + <- (left arrow) mark while going to the left
Shift + Home mark to beginning of line
Shift + End mark to end of line
Shift + Ctrl + Home mark to top
Shift + Ctrl + End mark to bottom
Shift + Page Up page up and mark
Shift + Page Down page down and mark
Shift + Ctrl + Page Up mark to top
Shift + Ctrl + Page Down mark to bottom
Shift + MB1 extend the current marked text selection to the click position
Cut, Copy, and Paste
Delete delete the next character (or marked text)
Ctrl + Delete delete from the insertion point position to the end of the current word
Ctrl + Backspace delete from the insertion point position to the start of the current word
Ctrl + MB1 selects the entire line (clicked line)
Ctrl + Z undo previous action
Ctrl + X cut selected text
Ctrl + C copy selected text to paste buffer
Ctrl + V paste text
Window Control
Alt switch focus to or from the main menu bar
Shift + F5 cascade the windows
Shift + F4 tile the windows vertically
Shift + F3 tile the windows horizontally
Ctrl + F6 next window
Alt + F4 exit SAS
Ctrl + F4 close the active window
Shift + F10 open context menu
Resizing the Docking View
Alt + W + S start docking view resizing
-> (right arrow) move the split bar a small amount to the right
<- (left arrow) move the split bar a small amount to the right
Ctrl + -> (right arrow) move the split bar a larger amount to the right
Ctrl + <- (left arrow) move the split bar a larger amount to the left
Home move the split bar all the way to the left
End move the split bar all the way to the right
Return accept the current size of the docking view and exit docking view resizing
Esc end docking view resizing without resizing the docking view
Miscellaneous
Alt + Enter open the Properties dialog box for a selected object

This command is valid only in a Tree view or a List view.

Esc + letter (or number) color or highlighting attributes in NOTEPAD window

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