Cannot use `Jupyter:` and `Notebook:` commands for interactive window when `.py` file has focus (jupytext mode)

[yopparai]

Issue Type: Bug

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1. Open some .py file
2. Output something into Interactive-1 window
3. Open command pallete (Ctrl + Shift + P) from .py file
4. Apply Jupyter: Clear All

Cells in Interactive-1 window are not cleared.

Also I can't use Notebook: Restart Kernel from .py file. I can't even find this command.

(These commands work fine if i select Interactive-1 window)

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[greazer]

In the meantime while we're investigating, you can rollback to the old implementation with this setting:

    "jupyter.enableNativeInteractiveWindow": false

[yopparai]

@greazer Thanks for reply. It doesn't work in old implementation too. If I run Jupyter: Clear All in old implementation i got this error.

[joyceerhl]

Thanks for the feedback--this is happening because these commands require the interactive window to have focus. We can change the enablement clauses for many of these commands to also work when a #%% Python file is active.

[joyceerhl]

@yopparai Did this work for you in the past? I believe this is not a regression, since commands like 'Jupyter: Delete All Interactive Cells' and 'Jupyter: Restart Kernel' also do not work in the webview interactive window when the #%% Python file has focus.

[yopparai]

@joyceerhl

Did this work for you in the past?

Yes. It worked 2 years ago for example (I don't know exactly the version in which the regression occurred).

1. Download this version of vscode https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_38
2. Download "Python" extension

And you can use these commands from focused #%% .py file:

• Python: Restart IPython Kernel
• Python: Delete All Python Interactive Cells

[joyceerhl]

I rolled back to both 1.56 and 1.57 (before any of the native interactive window work started) and can confirm that Restart Kernel and Delete All Interactive Cells did not work there. So this regression must have happened some time ago.

[yopparai]

@joyceerhl Yes. This is a long-term regression I think. It appears between 1.38 and 1.56 versions. Should I name the exact version to fix this problem?

[joyceerhl]

Based on https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-jupyter/issues/4182 it looks like this is not a regression

[yopparai]

@joyceerhl, thanks for reply! I wrote here how it works perfectly for 1.38 vscode version. For me it looks like a regression. Am I correct in assuming (from #4182) that this feature was intentionally disabled? If so, the issue can be closed.

[joyceerhl]

This is fixed in the latest Insiders build and will become available in the upcoming Stable. Kernel restart, interrupt, and interactive clear all can now be invoked when the .py file has focus, via https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-jupyter/commit/8042246baec3828d23abe260065bbb7c35590a17

[DonJayamanne]

and interactive clear all can now be invoked when the .py file has focus

Unable to clear all cells when *.py is in focus. Restart & Interrupt work, but not clear all.