VSCode Jupyter: is there a way to make python interactive window work as default console?

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I've recently switched to VSCode, and am wondering if there's a way to make the Python Interactive Window from the Jupyter support in VSCode work like the console in Spyder where I just have to select code and press ctrl+enter to send it, without having to create cells everytime.

For now I'm resigned to work with the Terminal until my code is clean and then create a cell when I have reusable code, and would like to just work directly with the PIW.

Emma Marcier · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-13 17:35:34Z

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You can always change the default console setting by:

Opening the Command Palette (⇧⌘P)
Typing "Preferences:Open Settings (JSON)

Edit this line:

"python.dataScience.sendSelectionToInteractiveWindow": false

edited Jul 13, 2019 at 17:35

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Greazer · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-15 01:58:29Z

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You should be able to do this with the latest python extension. The select the code you want to execute and press shift-enter. Is that not working?

answered Feb 15, 2019 at 1:58

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FranciscoRZ Over a year ago

No. If I select code with no Jupyter cells in the file and press ctrl + enter, VSCode creates a Python terminal and sends the code there :|

FranciscoRZ Over a year ago

I was wondering if there was a way to configure VSCode so that every ctrl + enter command goes directly to the Python Interactive Window from the Jupyter support.

FranciscoRZ Over a year ago

Sorry, I meant shift + enter

NiMa · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-13 21:45:25Z

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For me (now) interactive mode runs after setting "jupyter.sendSelectionToInteractiveWindow": true

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FranciscoRZ · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-26 13:29:15Z

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@FranciscoRZ. You should have seen a popup option for this, but if it didn't come up for you it can just be manually set in VSCode options. Just change this guy here:

Python->Data Science: Send Selection To Interactive Window

That should get you what you are looking for.

OP's Note: Accepting this answer because it will be the right anwser starting with the February release of VS Code Python

edited Feb 26, 2019 at 13:29

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answered Feb 15, 2019 at 17:09

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FranciscoRZ Over a year ago

thanks for taking an interest in this. Unfortunately I can't find the setting you're speaking of, and I still do not get the pop-up when pressing shift+enter. Is there a mismatch between the Anaconda distribution of VSCode and the latest Microsoft distribution?

FranciscoRZ Over a year ago

Here is the list of my VSCode settings when I search for Data Science which seemed like they might be relevant: Allow Import From Notebook (True), Allow Input (True),Change Dir On Import Export (True), Code Regular Expression (default), Data Science Enabled (True), Export With Output Enabled (False), Jupyter Server URI (local), Notebook File Root (${workspaceFolder}), Search For Jupyter (True), Show Cell Input Code (True), Use Default Config for Jupyter (True). They are all at default values - I wonder if there's some set up to do for them to work from within a Conda env.

Ian Huff Over a year ago

Sorry (mentioned this on GitHub as well) but this feature is actually just in our development build currently. You'll need to wait for the Feb. release or try our development build here: github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/blob/master/… My apologies for not mentioning that on my initial post

picatostas · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-13 08:28:57Z

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If you have the notebook saved as a python percentage script (which is more git friendly) each "cell" will be delimited by # %% and the default run command is "Shift+Ctrl". Later once you are working in the interactive window, If you want a particular cell you wrote on the fly to be in you script, there is one button which says "Paste code into file" right next to the recently executed cell in the interactive window. And in case you are using the notebook for the sake of being able to later export it to html or pdf, once executed in the interactive window, there is an export button as well.

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Felipe Araya Olea · Accepted Answer · 2023-07-13 21:57:22Z

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for me what worked is this:

Ctrl + Shift + P
type in "settings.json"
Click "Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)
in there (it was empty) I copied the following line:

{
    "jupyter.interactiveWindow.textEditor.executeSelection.": true
}

I think this is the updated version of the line

"python.dataScience.sendSelectionToInteractiveWindow": false

Hope this works for you.

answered Jul 13, 2023 at 21:57

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