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VS Code Jupyter extension
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Feature proposal: plot pane #13597

Open nbelakovski opened 1 year ago

nbelakovski commented 1 year ago

A number of folks, myself included, have wanted to switch from, or have switched from Spyder IDE, but one of the things missing in VSCode is the plot pane [1][2][3][4]. While it's possible to see plots within VSCode using the interactive window, having a dedicated plot pane is nice for being able to see changes immediately without having to scroll through output. It also lets one separate text output and image output.

The Julia VSCode extension already has a plot pane that works very similar to Spyder's (indeed several of the sources below make mention of it). I've taken a look at that extension's code and I think it should be relatively straightforward to roll it into the Python extension. We can also include the setting that Julia provides to allow the user to decide whether plots go into a separate pane or remain inline.

I'm happy to volunteer to do the legwork and make the PR but wanted to raise this in an issue first to make sure this work is aligned with the overall vision for the extension. If the maintainers like it all I need is a go-ahead, and/or feedback.

Thanks for reading!

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/vscode/comments/h7hkar/question_is_it_possible_to_get_a_figure_pane_as/ [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/m6ne2r/from_spyder_to_vscode_plot_pane/ [3] https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/rxccpb/plotting_pane_in_vscode/ [4] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49992300/python-how-to-show-graph-in-visual-studio-code-itself

raphaelchinchilla commented 9 months ago

@nbelakovski any progress in this issue? I am in the exact same situation as you are. I use Spyder IDE, want to move to VS Code, but keep not doing it in part because of the lack of a plot pane ( which is almost already possible in the interactive mode)

DonJayamanne commented 7 months ago

any progress in this issue?

@nbelakovski we tend to prioritize issues based on upvotes, And our iteration plans are always posted on github issues (just as the VS Code repo does).

Fred-Wu commented 1 week ago

Positron IDE was just released for beta testing with promising features that the current vscode-jupyter lacks such as plot pane like the one raised here, and detailed help manual that vscode-jupyter reluctant to implement

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