Keyboard Shortcuts for SAS Visual Analytics

The following table contains many of the keyboard shortcuts for SAS Visual Analytics. In SAS Visual Analytics, some shortcuts are displayed within parentheses in tooltips and menu item labels. Some are also displayed in the Keyboard Shortcuts window (press F9 to open that window).
Note: When you use a keyboard shortcut to activate a button, move the focus to the field or section that the button is associated with before you use the keyboard shortcut. For example, if a table has an associated Help button, you must first move the focus to the table before you press Ctrl+?.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Action
Keyboard Shortcut
Open the Keyboard Shortcuts window.
F9
Note: The Keyboard Shortcuts window might not contain all of the shortcuts for your application.
Open a Help pop-up window from the Help button.
Ctrl+?
Note: This shortcut does not work on some keyboards (for example, the Italian keyboard).
Zoom in.
Zoom out.
Ctrl+minus sign
Reset the zoom state.
Ctrl+0
Maximize view (collapses the category pane and the tile pane and hides the status bar and the application bar, which includes the menu bar).
or
Exit maximized view (expands the category pane and the tile pane and shows the status bar and the application bar).
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M
Open a pop-up menu.
Shift+F9 (if a menu is available in that context)
Note: If you use Shift+F9 to display the pop-up menu, then it is always displayed in the top left corner of the user interface control that you are using.
Open the Landmarks window.
Ctrl+F6
Temporarily invert or revert application colors (for the current session only).
Note: You can set the Invert application colors preference in the Preferences window if you want the color change to persist across sessions.
Ctrl+~
Rename the selected tab.
Make sure that the focus is on the tab. Press F2, and specify the new name. To commit your changes, press Enter. To cancel your changes, press Esc.
Close the selected tab.
Make sure that the focus is on the tab, and then press Delete.
Note: Some tabs cannot be closed.
Switch in and out of Edit mode for a table cell.
To enter Edit mode, select a cell, and press F2.
To exit Edit mode, press Esc.
Navigate between table headings and table content.
For a two-dimensional table, make sure that the focus is on the table and that you are not in Edit mode. Press Ctrl+F8 to switch the focus between column headings and table cells. Use the arrow keys to navigate from heading to heading.
For a multidimensional table, make sure that the focus is on a table cell and that you are not in Edit mode. Press Ctrl+F8 to switch the focus between column headings, row headings, and table cells. Use the arrow keys to navigate from heading to heading.
Navigate the content rows of a table.
When table cells are in Edit mode:
  • Press Tab and Shift+Tab to move from cell to cell horizontally across columns.
  • Press Enter and Shift+Enter to move from cell to cell vertically across rows.
When table cells are not in Edit mode, use the arrow keys to move from cell to cell.
Sort columns in a table.
To sort a single column, navigate to its column heading (press Ctrl+F8). Press the spacebar to sort the column.
To sort additional columns, navigate to the column heading of each additional column that you want to sort. Press Ctrl+spacebar.
Change the width of the current column.
Navigate to the column heading (press Ctrl+F8). Then, press Ctrl+left arrow or Ctrl+right arrow to change the width of the column.
Move the current column.
Navigate to the column heading (press Ctrl+F8). Then, press Shift+left arrow to move one column to the left, and press Shift+right arrow to move one column to the right.
Automatically re-size the current column to fit its contents.
Navigate to the column heading (press Ctrl+F8). Then, press Enter.
Make sure that the focus is on the control, and press Ctrl+down arrow.
Exit a single application in the SAS Visual Analytics home page.
Tab to the application’s button at the top of the browser window, and press Delete.
Last updated: January 8, 2019