SAS keyboard shortcuts are very handy for efficient and speed code writing. Every SAS analyst must know every SAS keyboard shortcuts that are used in Mac OS X and Windows operating systems.
SAS Keyboard shortcuts in SAS Studio Workspace
| Description | SAS keyboard shortcut for Microsoft Windows | SAS keyboard Shortcut for Mac OS X |
| Zoom in. | Ctrl + plus sign | Cmd + plus sign |
| Zoom out. | Ctrl + minus sign | Cmd + minus sign |
| To reset Zoom state | Ctrl + 0 | Cmd + 0 |
| Maximize the view of the currently displayed tab or exit the maximised view. | Alt + F11 | Fn + Shift + F11 |
| Open pop-up menu in the navigation pane | Select item and press Shift + F10 |
Select item and press Fn + Shift + F10 |
| New SAS program | Ctrl + S | Cmd + S |
| Run Code | F3 | Fn + F3 |
| Reset SAS sessiom | F9 | Fn + F9 |
| Download Log, result as HTML | Ctrl + S | Cmd + S |
| Print SAS program | Ctrl + P | Cmd + P |
| Close tab | Alt + 3 | Option + 3 |
| Move the focus to Server Files & Folders section label. | Alt + 1 | Option + 1 |
| Move the focus to the label of the currently displayed secondary tab | Alt + 2 | Option + 2 |
| Move the focus to the label of the currently displayed primary tab and then navigate among all open tabs in the work area. | Alt + 3 | Option + 3 |
| Move the focus to the body of the Code tab on the currently displayed primary tab. | Alt + 4 | Option + 4 |
| Move the focus to the selected item in the Log tab on the currently displayed primary tab. | Alt + 5 | Option + 5 |
SAS Keyboard Shortcuts for the code editor
| Description | SAS Keyboard shortcut for Windows |
SAS Keyboard Shortcut for Mac OS X |
| Open pop-up | Shift + F10 | Fn + Shift + F10 |
| Create new snippet for SAS code | Shift + Alt + A | Cmd + Option + A |
| Insert existing snippet | Alt + l | Cmd + Option + l |
| Add or remove comment tags | Ctrl + / | Cmd + / |
| Display list of SAS keywords (Auto complete feature) | Ctrl + Spacebar | Control + Spacebar |
| Navigate between an autocomplete list and its associated Help pop-up window in the code editor | Tab, Shift + Tab | Tab, Shift + Tab |
| Select All | Ctrl + A | Cmd + A |
| Copy | Ctrl + C | Cmd + C |
| Cut | Ctrl + X | Cmd + X |
| Paste | Ctrl + V | Cmd + V |
| Undo | Ctrl + Z | Cmd + Z |
| Redo | Ctrl + Y | Cmd + Shift + Z |
| Find and Replace | Ctrl + F | Cmd + F |
| Move cursor to beginning of the word on the left of the cursor | Ctrl + left arrow | Option + left arrow |
| Move the cursor to the beginning of the word on the right of the cursor. | Ctrl + right arrow | Option + right arrow |
| Move the cursor to the end of the word on the right of the cursor | Option + Up arrow | |
| Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph | Option + down arrow | |
| Scroll editor | Ctrl + down arrow, Ctrl +Up arrow | |
| Scrolls a page down or up | Page Down, Page Up | Page Down, Page Up |
| Move the cursor to the end of the line | End | Cmd + right arrow |
| Move the cursor to the beginning of the line | Home | Cmd+left arrow |
| Move to the bottom of the currently displayed section of the navigation pane | End | Fn + right arrow |
| Move to the top of the currently displayed section of the navigation pane | Home | Fn + left arrow |
| Move the cursor to the top of the document | Ctrl + Home | Cmd + up arrow |
| Move to the bottom of the currently displayed section of the navigation pane | Ctrl + End | Cmd + down arrow |
| Select text to the left of the cursor character-by-character | Shift + left arrow | Shift + left arrow |
| Select text to the right of the cursor character-by-character | Shift + right arrow | Shift + right arrow |
| Select text from the cursor to the same location on the previous line. | Shift + up arrow | Shift + up arrow |
| Select text from the cursor to the same location on the next line. | Shift + down arrow | Shift + Down arrow |
| Delete the word on the left of the cursor | Ctrl + Backspace |
Option+Delete (backward)
Note: If your keyboard does not contain a key for deleting backward, then press Fn+Delete.
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| Delete the word on the right of the cursor | Ctrl + Delete |
Option+Delete (forward)
Note: If your keyboard does not contain a key for deleting forward, then press Fn+Delete.
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| Delete current line |
Cmd+Delete (backward)
Note: If your keyboard does not contain a key for deleting backward, then press fn+delete.
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| Select a column | Alt + mouse button | Option + left mouse button |
| Change case of selected text | Ctrl + Shift + U | Cmd + Shift + U |
| Clear Window | Ctrl + E | Cmd + E |
| File Window | Ctrl + Q | |
| Exit SAS system | Alt + F4 |