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Editor

A way to open a new R script file

File > New File… or,

New > New File…

Then R File
Command Palette: R: New R File
Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + N
File Explorer: New File… button

A way to see and edit two files side by side

Hit the Split Editor button () in the Editor toolbar:

Then open a file.
Right-click on a file in the Explorer and select Open to the Side.
Command: Go to File… and then hit the Split Editor button ():

The shortcut to send R code to the Console

Cmd/Ctrl + Enter

The “Find and Replace” dialog box

Edit > Find
Cmd/Ctrl + F

Hit the chevron () to expand for the Replace dialog

There is also a Search in the Activity Bar that allows you to Find and Replace across files in the project.

The shortcut for the command “Help: Show help at cursor”

F1

The shortcut for “Toggle Line Comment”

Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + C

You need to have a file open in the Editor to use this shortcut.

It will comment out the current line or selected lines of code.

The shortcut to insert the pipe, e.g. |>

Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + M

Command: Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts

The shortcut to insert “<-”

Alt/Option + -

Command: Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts

Console

The version of R running in the Console

In the Console startup message:
In the Session Selector:
Under Console Info:

The button to restart the R Console

Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + 0

The current working directory of the Console

Variables you’ve defined in the Console

The Variables section of the Session pane

A way to start another Console

New button () in Panel toolbar
Interpreter selector:
1. Click on Interpreter selector
2. Select Start New Interpreter Session
Command: Interpreter: Start New Interpreter Session

The button that opens your console history

Button in Console toolbar:

File Explorer

A prompt to “Open a folder”

File Explorer comes alive once a folder is opened:

An action you can take on a folder once it is open

Buttons: New File…, New Folder
Right-click in Explorer for more options

Search and Navigation

A string, but only in .R files

Use Search in the Activity bar ()

Expand by hitting the dots () to show “files to include” and use *.R to search only in R files

A string, but only in a specific (sub)folder

Use Search in the Activity bar ()

Expand by hitting the dots () to show “files to include” and use a folder folder/ to search only in folder/:

A way to open a specific file by its name

Click in the Search bar:

Alternatives:
- Open the Command Palette and delete the >.
- Command: Go to File…
Type to see files by name:
Click or navigate with arrows and hit Enter to open the file

A way to navigate to a specific symbol, e.g. function

Click in the Search bar and add `#:

Alternatives:
- Open the Command Palette and delete the >, then add #.
- Command: Go to Symbol in Workspace…
Type to see symbols (function names, variable names, markdown section headings) by name
Click or navigate with arrows and hit Enter to open the file at the symbol

Data Explorer

Run View(mtcars) in the Console first.

Data Explorer: the car with the highest mpg

Click on the More button () in the mpg column, then Sort Descending
Toyota Corolla has the highest mpg

Data Explorer: the number of cars where cyl is 4

Click on the More button () in the cyl column, then Add Filter
Set cyl Is equal to 4 and click Apply Filter
Active filter is shown at the top of the Data Explorer. Footer shows the number in the current view. There are 11 cars with 4 cylinders.