Changes in version 0.3.2 - Minor usability fix for RStudio - Make compatible with more strict type checking in dev {dplyr}. Changes in version 0.3.0 break_chain() is now extendable by developers. It returns the result of chain evaluation invisibly, so that you can handle the result as you choose with a new shortcut, e.g. View(break_chain()). Also in aid of this, printing and assigning the result of evaluation can be disabled via arguments, e.g. : View(break_chain(print_result = FALSE, assign_result = FALSE)) For RStudio users, probably the best way to quickly build a custom chain result handler is via the excellent {shrtcts} package. You could put something like this in your ~/shrtcts.R: #' View broken chain #' #' @interactive function() { View(breakerofchains::break_chain(print_result = FALSE, assign_result = FALSE)) } Thanks to @chorgan182 for giving me the idea for this in #15