Is there a shortcut to run current code block, without selecting?

Question

Many other IDEs have a feature to run the code block your cursor is placed in. According to the docs, SAS EG has the following shortcut:

Run the selected code -> F3

But is there a shortcut for the following?

Run code block your cursor is placed in -> X

It's tedious to have to constantly reach for the mouse to click-drag-select, then hit F3.

Preemptive thank you from the laziest lizard on earth.

It is helpful as a cursor highlighting shortcut, along with shift-up/shift-down. Thank you for your suggestion @whymath! — MinneapolisCoder9, Mar 09 '21 at 13:59

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 03 '21 at 19:21

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No, there is no shortcut (or way to create such a shortcut). SAS requires you to highlight it.

However, there are some options to make this easier. You can see the SAS EG documentation for some keyboard shortcuts; one option, for example, is to use code folding (Alt + numeric keypad hyphen) to collapse the current data step/proc step/macro, and then you can easily highlight that one line (with shift-end, as it places your cursor at the start of the line).

Also see this question and answer about SAS Enhanced Editor, which has the same basic solution, plus some other ideas.

answered Mar 03 '21 at 19:21

Joe

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That's a perfect thread you linked. Thank you! – MinneapolisCoder9 Mar 04 '21 at 22:23
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Just to emphasize, you can't use the hyphen on the lefthand side of backspace. You need to use it on your *numpad*. – MinneapolisCoder9 Mar 09 '21 at 17:30

Is there a shortcut to run current code block, without selecting?

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