Title: Interactive Functions to be Used as Shortcuts in RStudio
License: GPL (≥ 2)
swissValet turns the inspection functions you type dozens of times a
day into single keystrokes. Each addin takes the current selection in the
RStudio editor, wraps it in the corresponding call and executes it
immediately in the console.
Select mtcars, press your shortcut, and str(mtcars) runs — no
copying, no typing, no losing the selection.
The package further contains interactive dialogs for selecting variables and sorting code elements, converters between Unicode characters and escape sequences, and a routine that writes an existing object back into the editor as reproducible source code.
📖 Repository: https://github.com/AndriSignorell/swissValet/
install.packages("swissValet")Or the development version from GitHub:
remotes::install_github("AndriSignorell/swissValet")In RStudio: Tools → Modify Keyboard Shortcuts…, filter for the addin
name, and assign a key combination. A layout that keeps the fingers in
one place works well, for example Ctrl+Alt+S for xStrX, Ctrl+Alt+H
for xHead, Ctrl+Alt+P for xPlot.
Each applies its function to the current editor selection:
| Addin | Runs |
|---|---|
xStrX() |
strX() — structure of the object |
xSummary() |
summary() |
xHead() |
head() |
xDesc() |
desc() |
xAbstract() |
abstract() |
xExample() |
example() |
xPlot() |
plot() |
xUnclass() |
unclass() |
xxlView() |
xlView() — open in Excel |
selectVarDialog()— pick elements, factor levels or data frame columns from a list and get the corresponding R expression, copied to the clipboard.orderSelectionDlg()— choose ascending, descending or random ordering for selected code elements
flushToSource()— write the selected object back into the document as reproducible code; data frames become a readabledata.frame(...)call rather thandput()outputtoggleUnicodeAddin()— convert the selection between Unicode characters and escape sequences
some()— a random subset of a vector, matrix or data frame, the counterpart tohead()andtail()escapeUnicode(),unescapeUnicode()
library(swissValet)
# a random subset instead of the first rows
some(mtcars, 5)
some(letters, 10)
# n relative to the object size
some(1:20, -5)
# Unicode round trip
escapeUnicode("Schneehöhe")
unescapeUnicode("Schneeh\\u00f6he")swissValet uses bedrock, pharos, DescToolsX and pons for the
functions its addins call.
Parts of the code and documentation were reviewed with the help of large language models (OpenAI Codex, Anthropic Claude). Every suggestion was assessed, edited and verified by the maintainer, who remains solely responsible for the content of this package.
GPL (≥ 2)