I'm desperately trying to have as default a 3 columns layout in RStudio and can't manage to obtain it.

I tried to find some documentation, but found nothing with some details or explanation on the "panes" parameters of the rstudio-prefs.json file.

In "C:\Users...\AppData\Roaming\RStudio\rstudio-prefs.json", I saw that it is possible to add a source column using "additional_source_columns": 1 but it is automatically set back to 0 every time I restart R and the problem is that it creates an untitled script in addition to the one I'm opening.

Here are the steps I have to perform to obtain the final layout I'm looking for.

Open a script by double clicking on it

Press CTRL F7 to add a source column

Drag and drop my script to the left column

remove the 'untitled' script

Thank you for your help ! A link to any documentation that you may know of that I didn't find would be life-saving.

Best

CodePudding user response：

I don't think you can get that with RStudio as of today. It's an open Issue on GitHub, marked as an enhancement and added to the "Later" milestone with no due date.

The closest I could get was to either:

• Add another source column in Global Options. Saving you the step of adding another column with CTRL F7.
• Uncheck the option "Restore last opened documents on startup" in Global Options. Saving you the step of deleting the empty script or moving your file (depending on whether you open your file before you add the source column).

Both did not work simultaneously.

CodePudding user response：

Thank you for your help !

I'll post if I manage to do something about it in another way.

Best