I'd like to make a floating code cell, and am looking for some tips

[Fintan Nagle]

Hello all,

I've noticed that my Jupyter workflow often includes cells which I use simply to inspect a variable or graph to see if it looks correct. These cells are single-use, and I never return to them to check their values. When reopening a notebook, I don't care about these cells at all.

I thought that a good way to accelerate my workflow might be to have a floating cell which is always available in the top left (just under the toolbar and menus). I can then use this cell to do quick checks, wherever I am in the notebook.

I'd like to make a Jupyter extension to do this, as several of my colleagues are also interested. It's my first time in the Jupyter source code, so I wondered if anyone might be able to spend a couple of minutes giving me a quick overview of how this might be done? I will then share my extension with the community.

Thanks in advance,

Fintan

[Tom Lynch]

Sounds like a great idea.

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[Thomas Kluyver]

Hi Fintan,

Have you had a look at the scratchpad extension?
http://jupyter-contrib-nbextensions.readthedocs.io/en/latest/nbextensions/scratchpad/README.html

Best wishes,

Thomas

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[Fintan Nagle]

Dear Thomas,

Thank you! I did a search for similar extensions, but couldn't find anything. I will check this out, it seems to be exactly what I'm looking for.

Best

Fintan

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