SQL Editor Shortcut Keys

SQL Editor is a code editor and explorer for SQL Server databases.

The following is a list of Shortcut keys used in the SQL Editor.

Shortcut Key	Function
F1	Windows Help File
F2	Toggle Full screen Editor
F3	Find Next Occurrence
<SHIFT> <F3>	Find Previous Occurrence
F4	Describe Table, View, Procedure, Function, or Package in popup window
F5	Execute as Script
F6	Toggle between SQL Editor and Results panel
F7	Clear All Text
F8	Recall previous SQL statement
F9	Execute statement
<CTRL> F9	Verify statement without execution (parse)
<SHIFT> F9	Execute current statement at cursor
F10	Popup Menu
<CTRL> A	Select All Text
<CTRL> C	Copy
<CTRL> E	Execute Explain Plan on the Current Statement
<CTRL> F	Find Text
<CTRL> G	Goto Line
<CTRL> L	Converts Text to Lowercase
<CTRL> M	Make Code Statement
<CTRL> N	Recall Named SQL Statement
<CTRL> O	Opens a Text File
<CTRL> P	Strip Code Statement
<CTRL> R	Find and Replace
<CTRL> S	Save File
<SHIFT> <CTRL> S	Save File As
<CTRL> T	Columns Dropdown
<CTRL> U	Converts Text to Uppercase
<CTRL> V	Paste
<CTRL> X	Cut
<CTRL> Z	Undo Last Change
<CTRL>.	Display popup list of matching tablenames
<SHIFT> <CTRL> Z	Redo Last Undo
<ALT> <UP>	Display Previous Statement
<ALT> <DOWN>	Display Next Statement (after <ALT> <UP>)
<CTRL><HOME>	In the data grids, goes to the top of the recordset
<CTRL><END>	In the data grids, goes to the end of the recordset
<CTRL><SPACE>	Completely expand dependency tree views
<CTRL><TAB>	Cycles through the collection of MDI Child windows