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SAP ABAP keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 5/7/2019 on
https://defkey.com/abap-development-tools-shortcuts

ABAP Development Tools are IDE (integrated development environment) for
development on the open Eclipse platform.

SAP ABAP has 67 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Edit actions
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Ctrl + F3               Activate inactive development object
Ctrl + Shift + F3       Activate all inactive development objects
Ctrl + F2               Check consistency and syntax
Ctrl + W                Close
Ctrl + Shift + W        Close all
Ctrl + Space            Code completion / Content Assist
Ctrl + D                Delete line
Ctrl + Del              Delete next word
Ctrl + Backspace        Delete previous word
Ctrl + K                Find Next
Ctrl + Shift + K        Find Previous
Shift + F1              Format source code (aka Pretty Printer in the SAP GUI)
Ctrl + Shift + F1       Format source block (aka Pretty Printer in the SAP GUI)
Tab                     Keyword completion
Double click            Mark word
Click three times (rapidly) Mark whole line
Ctrl + N                New ABAP development object
Ctrl + 1                Open quick fix / quick assist dialog
Alt + Shift + R         Rename
Ctrl + S                Save
Ctrl + Shift + S        Save all
Ctrl + Shift + X        Selection to upper case
Ctrl + Shift + Y        Selection to lower case


Displaying actions
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Alt + Ctrl + P          Show the properties of the currently focused object or file
Alt + Ctrl + P          Show bookmarks, breakpoints, and tasks of the focused editor row
Shift + Alt + V         To show the variable view in the debugger and to set the focus into the
view.
F12                     Note: Switch back to the source by using F12.
Ctrl + F10              Set the View menu, that for text editors the ruler context menu is shown or
to add bookmarks, breakpoints, or tasks
Alt + Ctrl + F10        Show bookmarks, breakpoints, and tasks of the focused editor row
Ctrl + M                Adopt the size of the current editor, view, and so on to the maximum screen
size


Navigation actions
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Alt + Left arrow        Backward navigation to the previous opened tab
Alt + Right arrow       Forward navigation to the next opened tab
Ctrl + F6               Select the next open editor you want to navigate to
Ctrl + F8               Switch between perspectives
Ctrl + Shift + F6       Select the previous open editor you want to navigate to
Ctrl + Q                Navigate to last edited location
Ctrl + Shift + A        Open development object
Ctrl + O                Open Quick Outline
Ctrl + T                Open Quick Type Hierarchy
Ctrl + 6                Open SAP GUI
Ctrl + F7               Switch to next view
Ctrl + F8               Switch to next perspective
F3                      Navigate to ABAP source code
Ctrl + Left click       Navigate to ABAP source code
F12                     Move the keyboard focus into the top level editor or the active editor tab
Shift + F10             Show context menu


Moving actions
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Ctrl + Left arrow       Backward one word
Ctrl + Right arrow      Forward one word
Ctrl + L                Jump to line
Alt + Down arrow        Move one line down
Alt + Up arrow          Move one line up


Commenting actions
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Ctrl + <                Add comments
Ctrl + >                Remove comments
Ctrl + 7                Toggle comments


Search and help
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Ctrl + H                Open search dialog
F1                      Show ABAP Language Help
F2                      Show ABAP element info
Ctrl + Shift + G        Where-used list


Windows-based shortcuts
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Ctrl + F                Find / Replace text
Ctrl + C                Copy selection
Ctrl + F4               Close
Ctrl + Shift + F4       Close all
Ctrl + X                Cut selection
Ctrl + V                Paste selection
Ctrl + Y                Redo typing
Ctrl + A                Select all
Ctrl + Z                Undo typing

Source: SAP


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