The following shortcuts are highly frequently used for working with development objects in ABAP Development Tools.
The availability of the shortcuts depends on the user interface area you are currently working.
Select Ctrl+Shift+L to open a list that displays the area-specific keyboard shortcuts.
You can display a list of all available keyboard shortcuts from the menu bar (
).The subsequent lists are designed for using the operating systems Microsoft Windows© or Linux©. If you are working with Apple Mac©, you might need to choose the Command tab instead of Ctrl.
Function | Shortcut |
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Activate inactive development object | Ctrl + F3 |
Activate all inactive development objects | Ctrl + Shift + F3 |
Check consistency and syntax | Ctrl + F2 |
Close | Ctrl + W |
Close all | Ctrl + Shift + W |
Code completion / Content Assist | Ctrl + Space |
Delete line | Ctrl + D |
Delete next word | Ctrl + Delete |
Delete previous word | Ctrl + Backspace |
Find Next | Ctrl + K |
Find Previous | Ctrl + Shift + K |
Format source code (aka Pretty Printer in the SAP GUI) | Shift + F1 |
Format source block (aka Pretty Printer in the SAP GUI) | Ctrl + Shift + F1 |
Keyword completion | Tab |
Mark word | Double-click |
Mark whole line | Triple-click |
New ABAP development object | Ctrl + N |
Open quick fix / quick assist dialog | Ctrl + 1 |
Rename | Alt + Shift + R |
Save | Ctrl + S |
Save all | Ctrl + Shift + S |
Selection to upper case | Ctrl + Shift + X |
Selection to lower case | Ctrl + Shift + Y |
Function | Shortcut |
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Show the properties of the currently focused object or file | Alt + Ctrl + P |
Show bookmarks, breakpoints, and tasks of the focused editor row | Alt + Ctrl + P |
To show the variable view in the debugger and to set the focus into
the view. Note Switch back to the source by using F12.
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Shift + Alt + V |
Set the View menu, that for text editors the ruler context menu is shown or to add bookmarks, breakpoints, or tasks | Ctrl + F10 |
Show bookmarks, breakpoints, and tasks of the focused editor row | Alt + Ctrl + F10 |
Adopt the size of the current editor, view, and so on to the maximum screen size | Ctrl + M |
Function | Shortcut |
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Backward navigation to the previous opened tab | Alt + Left |
Forward navigation to the next opened tab | Alt + Right |
Select the next open editor you want to navigate to | Ctrl + F6 |
Switch between perspectives | Ctrl + F8 |
Select the previous open editor you want to navigate to | Ctrl + Shift + F6 |
Navigate to last edited location | Ctrl + Q |
Open development object | Ctrl + Shift + A |
Open Quick Outline | Ctrl + O |
Open Quick Type Hierarchy | Ctrl + T |
Open SAP GUI | Ctrl + 6 |
Switch to next view | Ctrl + F7 |
Switch to next perspective | Ctrl + F8 |
Navigate to ABAP source code | F3 or Ctrl + Click |
Move the keyboard focus into the top level editor or the active editor tab | F12 |
Show context menu | Shift + F10 |
Function | Shortcut |
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Backward one word | Ctrl + Left |
Forward one word | Ctrl + Right |
Jump to line | Ctrl + L |
Move one line down | Alt + Down |
Move one line up | Alt + Up |
Function | Shortcut |
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Add comments | Ctrl + < |
Remove comments | Ctrl + > |
Toggle comments | Ctrl + 7 |
Function | Shortcut |
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Open search dialog | Ctrl + H |
Show ABAP Language Help | F1 |
Show ABAP element info | F2 |
Where-used list | Ctrl + Shift + G |
Function | Shortcut |
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Find / Replace text | Ctrl + F |
Copy selection | Ctrl + C |
Close | Ctrl + F4 |
Close all | Ctrl + Shift + F4 |
Cut selection | Ctrl + X |
Paste selection | Ctrl + V |
Redo typing | Ctrl + Y |
Select all | Ctrl + A |
Undo typing | Ctrl + Z |