Help Pane

The Help Pane provides rich, in-editor documentation for Python and R. It can be used to display information about an object, function, or package.

Getting Help in Python & R

You can open documentation in the Help Pane using language-specific tools or the keyboard shortcut F1. These methods automatically open the Help Pane and display documentation.

Python
R

int?
# or
help(int)

Supported content

The Help Pane supports the following types of documentation in Python:

Modules, classes, functions, and objects with docstrings
Rich rendering for common docstring formats: Google, NumPy, Sphinx, Epytext

?paste0
# or
help(paste0)

Supported content

The Help Pane supports the following types of documentation in R:

Function and package documentation
Package vignettes (when available)

The Help Pane includes built-in navigation tools:

Search – Find keywords within a help page
Back and Forward – Navigate through recent help views

All documentation is fully interlinked, with internal references and copyable code examples available where supported.