Per-user installation on Windows: The RStudio installer for Microsoft Windows now offers the option to install only for the current user, without requiring administrator rights.
Support macOS Finder Aliases: On macOS, the Files pane and File/Folder Open dialogs now follow Finder aliases. Choosing an alias to a folder navigates to that folder, and an alias to a file opens the file.
Support Windows Shortcuts: On Windows, the Files pane and File/Folder Open dialogs now follow .lnk shortcuts. Clicking a shortcut to a folder navigates to that folder, and a shortcut to a file opens the file.
Symbolic Link Indicator: The Files pane now marks symbolic links, macOS Finder aliases, and Windows shortcuts with a link badge on their icon, and shows the link target in the icon's tooltip.
Turn off the "What's New" window: A new setting in Tools > Global Options > General lets you stop RStudio Desktop from showing this "What's New" window after future updates.
MathJax 4 for math previews: Inline LaTeX and math previews in the source editor and visual editor are now rendered with MathJax 4, adding support for the TeX input extensions introduced in newer versions of MathJax.
Custom Vim key mappings: When Vim editor keybindings are in use, RStudio can now load custom Vim key mappings from ~/.rstudio-vimrc (or ~/.vimrc). Enable the new option under Tools > Global Options > Code > Editing.
Check for Posit Assistant updates: A new Help menu command reports whether Posit Assistant is up to date, offers to install an available update, or tells you when a newer Posit Assistant requires a newer version of RStudio.
Fixes
For a full list of bug fixes in this release, see the
release notes.