How can I globally print all data frames as tibbles in R?

I'm working with a variety of data frames across multiple projects. For better readability and a concise overview in the console, I prefer the tibble format, which shows only the first few rows along with other helpful information. However, many of the data frames I load are standard data frames, so I need to manually convert them using as_tibble() before printing.

This manual conversion becomes cumbersome as the number of data frames grows. Is there a way to globally override R’s default printing method or set an option (using options()) so that every data frame, regardless of its primary class, is printed in tibble format?

For instance, I considered overriding the default print.data.frame method like this:

library(tibble) # Save the original print.data.frame function old_print_df <- base::print.data.frame # Override print.data.frame to convert data frames to tibbles before printing print.data.frame <- function(x, ...) { if (!inherits(x, "tbl_df")) { x <- as_tibble(x) } print(x, ...) } 

This works, but I would also like to display an informational message (or warning) whenever a conversion occurs, so I know a data frame was printed as a tibble. Or add the information "revert back to original: print.data.frame <- old_print_df"

Is there a more centralized or elegant approach to accomplish this - either through an option in R or by refining this override - so that every data frame gets printed as a tibble with an accompanying message? Any suggestions or best practices would be appreciated.