topic Re: Can't copy paste from Mac into SAS Studio in SAS Studio

Can't copy paste from Mac into SAS Studio

paulgs — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 22:31:00 GMT

Hi,

I'm new to SAS but trying to learn using SAS Studio (running in Chrome). I use a Mac and when I try to paste text from the system clipboard (e.g. code I find online somewhere) the moment I hit the command key (command-V) the SAS Studio pop-up menu appears. I don't think I've done anything weird with my keyboard settings that should cause that behaviour.

Any ideas? I can't figure out why I can't paste from the Mac side to the SAS browser side.

Thanks,

Paul

Re: Can't copy paste from Mac into SAS Studio

Reeza — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 22:37:27 GMT

Have you tried CTRL+C and CTRL+V, Right clicking or Edit>Paste. There should be a warning to this effect that pops up on start up or at least there is regularly for me that one of these methods work and the rest will not.

Re: Can't copy paste from Mac into SAS Studio

paulgs — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 23:33:01 GMT

Thanks for that.

Something weird is obviously going on - I only get the square root symbol (√) when I try control-V.

Re: Can't copy paste from Mac into SAS Studio

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 06:32:00 GMT

On a Mac, you need to use Command instead of Control.

And I recommend to use Safari for SAS Studio.

Re: Can't copy paste from Mac into SAS Studio

GallagherML — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 08:48:36 GMT

I have found that because I am working in a virtual box via my web browser, the copy/paste function does not switch over from one 'machine' to my physical machine. I also tried what others described in the replies, and that didn't work for me.

I have exported data/log code as a PDF and copy/pasted when I opened the file from my Finder window.