I can't edit and type in Jupyter Notebook

Recently I suddenly couldn’t find the input cursor in the cell of the Jupyter notebook, so I couldn’t type or edit any code. Kernels looked fine, because I could create and rename ipynb files, or run previous code. The Header and Toolbar also work, but all shortcuts are disabled and metadata cannot be edited. The running consle in edge is shown below. What exactly is the problem?

the running consle in edge

Happened to me as well in Opera. After I disabled all the extensions, it worked. So the issue must be in the browser.

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I had the same issue. The cause appeared to be that I had the same notebook still active (i.e. not properly closed) on another laptop. I could’t type any text but I was able to insert enters or delete text and also to make saves. When I opened another notebook everything was just fine. After closing the session on the other laptop it also worked fine again.

Facing the same issue, I don’t know how to resolve it now.

Hey all, facing the same issue in not being able to edit cells. Some things I’ve done to troubleshoot:

  • Clear cookies/cache
  • Disable extensions
  • Tried editing Notebook Metadata for “trusted” : false parameter
  • Tried using Microsoft Edge, but same issue

I’m taking this AI Engineer Course through Udemy which is fairly up-to-date (2025) and what I’m seeing when they launch Jupyter Notebook is different from my setup. See attached image (can’t upload another image as a new user). I don’t know if it even matters or is relevant - Just seeing a lot of unnecessary files which I don’t know where they came from.

Anyone have any luck?? Thanks.