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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55 actions and 55 key variants match.
- RStudio Documented
| Action | Keys | Row actions |
|---|---|---|
| Move the cursor to the console Anywhere | Mac Ctrl2 | Source |
| Clear the console Console | Mac CtrlL | Source |
| Interrupt the running command Console | Mac Esc | Source |
| Change the working directory Anywhere | Mac CtrlShiftH | Source |
| Go to a file or function Anywhere | Mac Ctrl. | Source |
| Move the cursor to the source editor Anywhere | Mac Ctrl1 | Source |
| Toggle the document outline Source editor | Mac CmdShiftO | Source |
| Open a document Anywhere | Mac CmdO | Source |
| Save the active document Source editor | Mac CmdS | Source |
| Save every document Anywhere | Mac CmdOptionS | Source |
| Close every open document Anywhere | Mac CmdShiftW | Source |
| Knit, preview or compile the document Source editor | Mac CmdShiftK | Source |
| Insert a code chunk Source editor | Mac CmdOptionI | Source |
| Insert a code section Source editor | Mac CmdShiftR | Source |
| Run the current line or selection Source editor | Mac CmdReturn | Source |
| Run the whole document Source editor | Mac CmdOptionR | Source |
| Run from the start to the current line Source editor | Mac CmdOptionB | Source |
| Run from the current line to the end Source editor | Mac CmdOptionE | Source |
| Run the current code section Source editor | Mac CmdOptionT | Source |
| Run the current chunk Source editor | Mac CmdOptionC | Source |
| Source the current document Source editor | Mac CmdShiftS | Source |
| Fold every section Source editor | Mac CmdOptionO | Source |
| Unfold every section Source editor | Mac CmdShiftOptionO | Source |
| Go to a line Source editor | Mac CmdShiftOptionG | Source |
| Go to the next section Source editor | Mac CmdPage Down | Source |
| Go to the previous section Source editor | Mac CmdPage Up | Source |
| Extract a function from the selection Source editor | Mac CmdOptionX | Source |
| Extract a variable from the selection Source editor | Mac CmdOptionV | Source |
| Reindent the lines Source editor | Mac CmdI | Source |
| Comment or uncomment lines Source editor | Mac CmdShiftC | 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