J Rstudio cheatsheet

If you use a tool a lot, like we do it in this course, you should learn a few useful keyboard shortcuts and tricks. Here is a list of the most important ones

J.1 Keyboard shortcuts

Note: some of these are system-dependent. See the complete list at Posit’s page, also available from menu Help -> Keyboard Shortcuts.

  • <-, the assignment operator: Alt + -/Option + - (alt-minus/option-minus). Only works within code, not within plain markdown!
  • %>%, the pipe operator: Ctrl + Shift + M/⌘ + Shift + M
  • Open new script: Ctrl + Shift + N/⌘ + Shift + N
  • zooming/focusing, for both Windows and Mac (see the View -> Panes menu:)
    • switch to source: Ctrl + 1
    • zoom to source: Ctrl + Shift + 1
    • switch to console: Ctrl + 2
    • zoom to console: Ctrl + Shift + 2
    • bring back the default 4-pane view: Ctrl + Shift + 0
  • Work with code
    • indent: Ctrl + I/⌘ + I
    • comment/uncomment: Ctrl + Shift + C/⌘ + Shift + C
  • Rmarkdown
    • insert code chunk: Ctrl + Alt + I/⌘ + Option + I
    • knit: Ctrl + Shift + K/⌘ + Shift + K
    • execute code chunk: Ctrl + Shift + Enter/⌘ + Shift + Enter
  • run program (hover mouse over the buttons):
    • source with echo: Ctrl + Shift + Enter/⌘ + Shift + Enter
    • source without echo: Ctrl + Shift + S/⌘ + Shift + S
    • run selection/statement: Ctrl + Enter/⌘ + Enter
    • save current file: Ctrl + S/⌘ + S (asks for name if saving for the first time).

Resources

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