Appendix A — R Studio Hotkeys

RStudio - some useful hotkeys

Hotkey	Press in this window	What it does
ctrl-L	any window	Clear the “console” window.
ctrl-ENTER (win) cmd-ENTER (mac)	script window	Run all code that is highlighted in the Script window.  The output will appear in the console window. (also see shift-arrow-keys below) If no code is highlighted then this runs just the line of code where the cursor is in the script window.
ESC	console window	Clears just the current line of code. Use this if you typed a long command and you want to erase it before pressing ENTER.
arrow-keys	console window	left/right arrows move in the current line of code. up/down arrows move to commands that were typed earlier/later.
shift-arrow-keys	script window	Extend the highlight in the direction of the arrow key. This is a very quick way to highlight a few lines of code. Press shift while holding the down arrow (or up arrow) to highlight just a few lines of code.