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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
Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Reformat the selection Source editor Mac CmdShiftA 1 more variant Source
Find and replace Source editor Mac CmdF 1 more variant Source
Find in files Anywhere Mac CmdShiftF 1 more variant Source
Rename a symbol in scope Source editor Mac CmdOptionShiftM 1 more variant Source
Delete the line Console or source Mac CmdD 1 more variant Source
Insert the assignment operator Console or source Mac Option- 1 more variant Source
Insert the pipe operator Console or source Mac CmdShiftM 1 more variant Source
Show help for the function at the cursor Console or source Mac F1 1 more variant Source
Show the source of the function at the cursor Console or source Mac F2 1 more variant Source
Show the command palette Anywhere Mac CmdShiftP 1 more variant Source
Show the keyboard shortcut reference Anywhere Mac OptionShiftK 1 more variant Source
Build and reload the package Package project Mac CmdShiftB 1 more variant Source
Check the package Package project Mac CmdShiftE 1 more variant Source
Document the package Package project Mac CmdShiftD 1 more variant Source
Toggle a breakpoint Debugging Mac ShiftF9 1 more variant Source
Run the next line Debugging Mac F10 1 more variant Source
Continue running Debugging Mac ShiftF5 1 more variant Source
Stop debugging Debugging Mac ShiftF8 1 more variant Source
Restart the R session Anywhere Mac CmdShiftF10 1 more variant Source
Open a new terminal Anywhere Mac ShiftOptionR 1 more variant Source
Move focus to the terminal Anywhere Mac ShiftOptionM 1 more variant Source
Undo the last edit Console or source Mac CmdZ 1 more variant Source
Redo the undone edit Console or source Mac CmdShiftZ 1 more variant Source
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