RStudio IDE : : CHEAT SHEET

Documents and Apps Source Editor Tab Panes Version

Open Shiny, R Markdown,
knitr, Sweave, LaTeX, .Rd files
Navigate

forwards
Open in new Save Find and
backwards/ window replace
Compile as Run
notebook selected
code
Import data History of past
with wizard commands to
run/copy
Manage
external
View
memory
databases usage
R tutorials
Control
and more in Source Pane Turn on at Tools > Project Options > Git/SVN
A• Added M• Modified
Check Render Choose Configure Insert D• Deleted R• Renamed
?• Untracked

spelling output output render code Publish

format options chunk to server
Stage Commit Push/Pull View Current
Re-run Source with or Show file files: staged files to remote History branch
previous code w/out Echo or outline Load Save Clear R Search inside
as a Local Job workspace workspace workspace environment
Jump to Jump Run Show file Visual Multiple cursors/column selection Choose environment to display from Display objects
previous to next code outline Editor with Alt + mouse drag. list of parent environments as list or grid Open shell to type commands
chunk chunk (reverse
side) Code diagnostics that appear in the margin. Show file di to view file di erences
Run this and Hover over diagnostic symbols for details.
Jump to all previous Run this Syntax highlighting based
section code chunks code chunk on your file's extension
or chunk Tab completion to finish function
Set knitr Displays saved objects by View in data View function
chunk names, file paths, arguments, and more. type with short description viewer source code
options

Access markdown guide at

Help > Markdown Quick Reference
See reverse side for more on Visual Editor
Multi-language code snippets to
quickly use common blocks of code. More file
options
Debug Mode
Jump to function in file Change file type Use debug(), browser(), or a breakpoint and execute
Create Delete Rename Change
folder file file directory your code to open the debugger mode.
RStudio recognizes that files named app.R,
server.R, ui.R, and global.R belong to a shiny app Path to displayed directory Launch debugger Open traceback to examine
mode from origin the functions that R called
Working Run scripts in Maximize, of error before the error occurred
Directory separate sessions minimize panes
A File browser keyed to your working directory.
Run Choose Publish to Manage Click on file or directory name to open.
app location to shinyapps.io publish Ctrl/Cmd + R Markdown Drag pane
view app or server accounts to see history Build Log boundaries

Package Development
Click next to line number to Highlighted line shows where
RStudio opens plots in a dedicated Plots pane RStudio opens documentation in a dedicated Help pane add/remove a breakpoint. execution has paused
Create a new package with
File > New Project > New Directory > R Package
Navigate Open in Export Delete Delete
Enable roxygen documentation with recent plots window plot plot all plots Home page of Search within Search for
Tools > Project Options > Build Tools helpful links help file help file
Roxygen guide at Help > Roxygen Quick Reference
See package information in the Build Tab Viewer pane displays HTML content, such as Shiny
apps, RMarkdown reports, and interactive visualizations
GUI Package manager lists every installed package
Install package Run devtools::load_all()
and restart R and reload changes
Stop Shiny Publish to shinyapps.io, Refresh
Install Update Browse app rpubs, RSConnect, … Run commands in Examine variables Select function
Packages Packages package site environment where in executing in traceback to
Clear output execution has paused environment debug
Run R CMD and rebuild
check View(<data>) opens spreadsheet like view of data set
Customize Run Click to load package with Package Delete
package build package library(). Unclick to detach version from
options tests package with detach(). installed library

Filter rows by value Sort by Search Step through Step into and Resume Quit debug
or value range values for value code one line out of functions execution mode
at a time to run
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Keyboard Shortcuts RStudio

RUN CODE
Search command history
Windows/Linux
Ctrl+
Mac
Cmd+
DOCUMENTS AND APPS
Knit Document (knitr) Ctrl+Shi +K Cmd+Shi +K
Workbench
Interrupt current command Esc Esc Insert chunk (Sweave & Knitr) Ctrl+Alt+I Cmd+Option+I WHY RSTUDIO WORKBENCH?
Clear console Ctrl+L Ctrl+L Run from start to current line Ctrl+Alt+B Cmd+Option+B Extend the open source server with a
commercial license, support, and more:
NAVIGATE CODE MORE KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Go to File/Function Ctrl+. Ctrl+. Keyboard Shortcuts Help Alt+Shi +K Option+Shi +K • open and run multiple R sessions at once
Show Command Palette Ctrl+Shi +P Cmd+Shi +P • tune your resources to improve performance
WRITE CODE
Attempt completion Tab or Tab or
• administrative tools for managing user sessions
Ctrl+Space Ctrl+Space View the Keyboard Shortcut Quick Search for keyboard shortcuts with • collaborate real-time with others in shared projects
Insert <- (assignment operator) Alt+- Option+- Reference with Tools > Keyboard Tools > Show Command Palette • switch easily from one version of R to a di erent version
Shortcuts or Alt/Option + Shi + K or Ctrl/Cmd + Shi + P.
Insert %>% (pipe operator) Ctrl+Shi +M Cmd+Shi +M • integrate with your authentication, authorization, and audit practices
(Un)Comment selection Ctrl+Shi +C Cmd+Shi +C • work in the RStudio IDE, JupyterLab, Jupyter Notebooks, or VS Code
MAKE PACKAGES Windows/Linux Mac Download a free 45 day evaluation at
Load All (devtools) Ctrl+Shi +L Cmd+Shi +L www.rstudio.com/products/workbench/evaluation/
Test Package (Desktop)
Document Package
Ctrl+Shi +T
Ctrl+Shi +D
Cmd+Shi +T
Cmd+Shi +D Share Projects
File > New Project
RStudio saves the call history,

Visual Editor
workspace, and working Start new R Session Close R Session
Choose Choose Insert Jump to Jump Run directory associated with a in current project in project
Check Render output output code previous to next selected Publish Show file project. It reloads each when
spelling output format location chunk chunk chunk lines to server outline you re-open a project.
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Back to
Source Editor
Block (front page) Active shared
format collaborators
Name of
current
Lists and Links Citations Images File outline project
Insert blocks, Select
block
citations, Insert and Share Project R Version
quotes More
formatting equations, and edit tables with Collaborators
Clear special
formatting characters
Insert
verbatim
code
Run Remote Jobs
Run R on remote clusters
(Kubernetes/Slurm) via the
Job Launcher
Add/Edit
attributes Monitor Launch a job
launcher jobs

Run this and

Set knitr all previous
chunk code chunks
options
Run this
Jump to chunk code chunk
or header

Run launcher
jobs remotely

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