[IPython-dev] Missing toolbar button?

Brian Granger ellisonbg at gmail.com
Wed Dec 11 11:05:39 EST 2013


The new dual editor mode we are working on allows users to define
their own keyboard shortcuts.

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 2:27 AM, Zoltán Vörös <zvoros at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Dave,
>
> The shortkeys for adding cells are quite straightforward: B is for
> below, A is for above.
>
> As for the missing button, you can customise your toolbar by adding an
> extra js file to your profile directory. You can find the details here:
>
> http://elacave.lmdb.eu/~carreau/yui/classes/IPython.customjs.html
>
> Cheers,
> Zoltán
>
> On 11/12/13 11:13, Dave Hirschfeld wrote:
>> I updated IPython recently and am now running:
>>
>> {'codename': 'Work in Progress',
>>   'commit_hash': '4a8c65b',
>>   'commit_source': 'repository',
>>   'default_encoding': 'cp1252',
>>   'ipython_path': 'c:\\dev\\code\\ipython\\IPython',
>>   'ipython_version': '2.0.0-dev',
>>   'os_name': 'nt',
>>   'platform': 'Windows-2008ServerR2-6.1.7601-SP1',
>>   'sys_executable': 'C:\\dev\\bin\\Python27\\python.exe',
>>   'sys_platform': 'win32',
>>   'sys_version': '2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 23:24:47) [MSC v.1500 64 bit
>> (AMD64)]'}
>>
>> When working in the notebook I've now realised that the buttons have changed
>> - specifically the Insert Cell buttons have moved to the left which I'm
>> agnostic about but there is now no Insert Cell Above button!
>>
>> I've found this button to be very useful in practice and now find it very
>> painful to have to click two buttons (Insert Cell Below / Move Cell Up)
>> where previously I could do this with a single click!
>>
>> Any chance the Insert Cell Above button could be restored?
>>
>> NB: This problem would be mitigated if I would just use the keyboard
>> shortcuts, but I can never remember what they are. The Keyboard shortcuts
>> help is a modal dialog and I tend to forget the correct keys as soon as I've
>> closed it. It would be a great help if this could be a floating/new window -
>> similar to the help pager.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
>>
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