I am wondering if there is a way to customize RStudio keyboard shortcuts (i.e., the ones you see in RStudio by default when you type Alt + Shift + k) in an .RProfile. I know you can do this manually by going to "Tools --> Modify Keyboard Shortcuts" in the IDE, but I am looking to do this automatically upon startup.
If it helps, here is an analogy. To change your choice of CRAN mirror, you can go to "Tools --> Global Options --> Packages" and change the mirror manually. However, you can also do this in a .RProfile script as follows:
local({
r <- getOption("repos")
r["CRAN"] <- "https://cran.rstudio.com/"
options(repos=r)
})
I have not yet seen an online resource that addresses my question, so I thought I would ask it here. I know my choice of keyboard shortcuts would be preserved from one R session to another, but I am looking to be as efficient as possible (e.g., maybe I end up switching computers in the future - I could just run my .RProfile on a new machine with my preferred keyboard combinations instead of having to manually change them all again).
In case it helps, here's the bit of documentation about how keybindings are saved:
Saving and Loading
The RStudio keybindings are saved as JSON files in the directory ~/.R/rstudio/keybindings/ — you can find the bindings for the editor and RStudio itself at:
I apologize for taking longer than a month to respond - thank you for getting me started on this topic. However, I cannot find the directory you provided. I am using Windows 10, and I currently have R 3.5.1 and RStudio 1.1.453 installed. I have enabled hidden files/folders, and I have searched for "keybindings", "rstudio_commands", "editor_commands", and ".json" in my R and RStudio folders - nothing comes up.
Am I supposed to create the two .json files? I am guessing they are supposed to exist already, but I just thought I would ask.
Note that only customized keybindings exist here (we don't write out the default keybindings) and hence only exist if you've already modified keyboard shortcuts in an existing IDE session.