RStudio suddenly stopped showing plots in the plot pane

Question

RStudio is not showing the generated plots in the plot pane anymore. Instead they open in a separate file with the name "Quartz". Here\'s my session info.:

Answer 1

I was able to visualize plots in the plot pane for a while before it vanished. All the attempts with the suggestions above failed. What is referred in the blog below got it working.

https://datasciencelearner.wordpress.com/2014/08/17/my-plot-is-not-showing-up/

The trick is to wrap the graphics command inside print function, for instance:

print(
    plt2 <- ggplot(housing,
               aes(x = Home.Value)) +
                  geom_histogram()
)

Answer 2

Follow below procedure to resolve the issue.

dev.off()
print(plot(1)) # Basically use print command once

now use plot command as you normally use and should work fine.

Answer 3

I am working with Rmarkdown, and in my case I solved this problem like this:

1. Go to Tools->Global Options->Rmarkdown

2. In "Show output preview in" select "Viewer Pane"

3. Uncheck the box "Show output inline for all R Markdown documents"

Answer 4

1. Go to "view" on the menu bar.
2. Select "panes".
3. Mark "all panes".

Answer 5

It could be because graphic device are already on .

To find indices of open devices:

dev.cur()

To close devices:

dev.off(i)

where i is index of device to be switched off.

Answer 6

I had the same problem after updating R to version 3.3.2 and using RStudio 0.98.0. Installing the latest version of RStudio fixed the problem.