Keyboard Shortcuts within the Enhanced Editor

The keyboard shortcuts that are listed here are the default shortcuts.
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 and Macro Support
Add or change macros
Ctrl + Shift + M
Execute the last recorded macro
Ctrl + F1
Play a command and macro
Alt + F8
Start and Complete macro
Alt + Shift + R
Edit
Copy selection
Ctrl + C
Cut selection
Ctrl + X
Shift+Delete
Delete current character
Note: You can delete the entire line by using SHIFT+END to extend the selection to the end of the line and pressing the delete or backspace key.
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
Shift+Insert
Redo
Ctrl + Y
Alt + Shift + Backspace
Undo
Ctrl + Z
Alt + Backspace
Help
Get Help for a SAS procedure
place the insertion point 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 and parentheses
Ctrl + [
Ctrl + ]
Move cursor to matching DO and 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 and 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 characters
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 + /
Left Tab selection
Shift + Tab + Selection