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RStudio keyboard shortcuts

Running code, the console, panes, debugging, and packages in the RStudio IDE.

55 shortcuts Mac and Windows checked September 14, 2026

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Everything Blocks and structure Code editing Comments and review Editing Files and printing Navigation Paragraphs and lists Search Selection View and zoom

2 actions and 4 key variants match.

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Action Keys Row actions
Show the plots pane Anywhere Mac Ctrl6 1 more variant Source
Show the environment pane Anywhere Mac Ctrl8 1 more variant Source

About RStudio and its shortcuts

RStudio is organised around the loop of writing code, running it and reading the result, and its shortcuts follow that loop: send a line or a selection to the console, navigate between the four panes, knit a document, and search the help. The pane navigation commands are what make it feel like one program rather than four windows.

RStudio lets you modify its bindings, and some commands depend on the project type or on whether you are editing a notebook, a script or a document. Desktop and server versions can also differ where the browser intervenes.

Where the RStudio keys came from

Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of RStudio. Report a key that is wrong

To see how one action is done in other apps as well as RStudio, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task