Moving around RStudio

The features that we will discuss in this chapter are spread across the four main panels of RStudio. Most panels harbor multiple tabs with different functionalities. The main panels shown in the following figure (in clockwise order) are as follows:

• The source editor and data viewer panel: This panel can harbor a variable number of tabs, each containing an open (source) file or a view of a data.frame

• The command history and workspace browser: When working with RStudio projects, a tab for version control features can be added

• The R console: This panel helps in working directly with R. It has no separate tabs

• The file, help, package, and plots panel : This panel is used for browsing files, viewing help, searching, and package (un)loading and installation

Each tab in each panel has its own set of menu items, relevant for the content of that tab.

Every panel has a maximize/minimize button at the top right-hand side. When maximized or minimized, the respective button...