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