Plot gets squashed downwards when RMarkdown chunk output is shown in new window when using element_markdown()

[AndrewKostandy]

When using element_markdown() on the plot title in an RStudio R Markdown chunk, the plot looks fine. But if we click the "Show in New Window" button near the chunk output, the plot in the new window gets squashed downwards. I'm using RStudio Version 1.3.1073.

library(tidyverse)
library(ggtext)
library(palmerpenguins)

penguins %>% 
  filter(!is.na(bill_length_mm), !is.na(bill_depth_mm)) %>% 
  ggplot(aes(bill_length_mm, bill_depth_mm, color = species)) +
  geom_point() +
  labs(title = "Title with **bold** text") +
  theme(plot.title = element_markdown())

This works fine here:

But when we click "Show in New Window":

A regular plot without the below line, would not get squashed:

theme(plot.title = element_markdown())

Running the same code in the console works fine:

Pressing the "Zoom" button on the plot result of the console works fine:

Session info

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[clauswilke]

I can reproduce the issue with RStudio 1.4.714. Since it arises in one particular output window in RStudio, I would assume it has something to do with how that graphics output is generated. You may want to file a bug with RStudio as well. I don't know how to debug this on my end.

[AndrewKostandy]

Thank you Claus for your quick response (and the useful package of course). I have posted an issue with RStudio as you suggested.