Make R Studio plots only show up in new window

Question

When using R Studio, I usually just work with an .R file stacked on top of the Console. I keep the other panes (Environment, History, Files, etc) hidden.

But whenever I

Answer 1

The dev.new() function will open a new plot window, which then becomes the target for all plots.

If you wish to open another window you can run the command a second time to open a second window.

dev.off() will shut down the window (in the order they were opened by default).

You can see how to control multiple graphics devices in the documentation here.