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Shortcut What it does

Ctrl + D

Duplicate any line.

eg. i_vbap TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF vbap+ Ctrl-D = i_vbap TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF vbap

i_vbap TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF vbap

Ctrl + /

Jump to the "command field" where we enter t-codes. This comes really handy and saves a jump from keyboard to mou

on the box.

Ctrl + J

Convert to Proper casewhere the first letter of every word becomes a capital letter. This is pretty useful when writing c

eg. * this is a comment which will give absolutely no useful information will be changed to

* This Is A Comment Which Will Give Absolutely No Useful Information

Ctrl + I &

Ctrl + Shift + I

Incremental search. This is a little improved 'Find' (Ctrl + F) function which searches as soon as you type. Useful for im

backwards.

Ctrl + K Toggle between Upper case and Lower Case.

Alt + Selection

This is useful in situation where you need to select only the field names of a particular table.

eg.

caufv-aufnr,

caufv-werks,

caufv-objnr,

caufv-plnbez,

caufv-gamng,

caufv-gasmg,

caufv-gmein,

caufv-plnnr,caufv-plnal,

caufv-dispo,

caufv-fevor,

caufv-cy_seqnr ,

caufv-aufpl,

caufv-gstrp,

caufv-gltrp,

caufv-gstrs,

caufv-gltrs,

caufv-gstri,

caufv-gltri,

In these values, u can select only the field names by pressing Alt key and get the clipboard filled like this.

aufnr,

werks,

objnr,

plnbez,

gamng,

gasmg,

gmein,

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plnnr,

plnal,

dispo,

fevor,

cy_seqnr ,

aufpl,

gstrp,

gltrp,

gstrs,

gltrs,

gstri,

gltri,

Tab & Shift tab Increase and Decrease Intend

Ctrl + O Goto a particular line in the program

Ctrl + Shift + S Save your program in Desktop in .abap format. I came know about .abap only after learning this short cut.Ctrl + Selection When you do a selection with **** + -> or

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like,

Code Templates

Here I use a template for the text. This could be a text that is used for marking modifications or Defenition and

implementation of local classes etc.

* Begin of Insertion K12345

* End of Insertion K12345

i.e when I press i* in the editor, it will prompt for code completion..

When I press Tab for completion, it pops up for TR Number

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The TR number that we give will be added in the comment.

Variable Name Suggestions

This is just a small setting but it will save you from Copy pasting or re-typing small words.

When you check this box, it will suggest even for variable names like

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