# Jupyter Notebook Menu missing options

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-menu-missing-options/20868>\
**Category:** Notebook\
**Tags:** help-wanted\
**Created:** [August 12, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-menu-missing-options/20868 "2023-08-12T02:06:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Lashes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/lashes/32/10702_2.png) [@Lashes](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/Lashes)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-menu-missing-options/20868/1 "2023-08-12T02:06:09Z")

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Hi I’m new to coding -  
**Background**  
Installed jupyter notebook in Visual Studio code terminal -  
Pip install jupyter  
jupyter notebook --version, the output is 7.0.2.  
I launch the notebook from the terminal with the following command - jupyter notebook

However the menu options when I open a new notebook are depicted in the screenshot below  
Insert, cell, widgets are missing. Can you pl advise why? I even tried upgrading the jupyter version in the terminal but it says the latest is installed. I am trying to learn jupyter from a course which has the menu options noted as missing on my end

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/jupyter/original/2X/f/fee233dcf4b87ea2caf688ef0478791261e45258.png)

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**Author:** ![defjaf](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/defjaf/32/10536_2.png) [@defjaf](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/defjaf)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 5:19am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-menu-missing-options/20868/2 "2023-08-12T05:19:25Z")

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What kind of computer and OS are you using?

You might try installing jupyter in a [virtual environment.](https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html)

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**Author:** ![fomightez](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/fomightez/32/495_2.png) [@fomightez](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/fomightez)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 4:01am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-menu-missing-options/20868/3 "2023-08-13T04:01:18Z")

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The version of Jupyter Notebook you have installed is not missing options. V7 appears as it should on your machine in the screenshot you’ve included.  
You are looking for NbClassic, or possibly one of the earlier Classic Notebook v6 versions, if you want an exact match to the interface you see in the video, which was probably recorded before more current developments. For more about the current state of the Jupyter ‘document-centric’ ecosystem see [here for my answer to much the same question](https://stackoverflow.com/a/76837597/8508004) and references therein.

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**Author:** ![Lashes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/lashes/32/10702_2.png) [@Lashes](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/Lashes)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-menu-missing-options/20868/4 "2023-08-13T16:18:34Z")

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Hi defjaf, I’m using iMac, Mac OS Monterrey 12.2.1. I guess I’ll have to understand what a virtual environment is and then give it a shot. Thx a ton!

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**Author:** ![Lashes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/lashes/32/10702_2.png) [@Lashes](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/Lashes)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-menu-missing-options/20868/5 "2023-08-13T16:58:35Z")

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Thx a ton fomightez/Wayne! This is awesome. My first instinct was that the versions were different, even tried googling but w/o luck, so I asked the question to the author of the video but he didn’t have any answers. But your comment/links are eye opening and reveal it all!  
I guess if version 6 is EOL & v7 the latest one it might be worthwhile to stick with v7. I am assuming they have incorporated the options under the menu options in v6 in some form under V7.  
Thx so much again!

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**Author:** ![fomightez](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/fomightez/32/495_2.png) [@fomightez](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/fomightez)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-menu-missing-options/20868/6 "2023-08-13T17:59:34Z")

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> [@Lashes](#):
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> I am assuming they have incorporated the options under the menu options in v6 in some form under V7.

All the abilities of the older versions are there. You just work with or invoke them differently. ([Here’s a recent post](https://stackoverflow.com/a/76929447/8508004) pointing out some of the newer details vs the older routes at this time.) And so it may take a bit of looking around to translate the steps done in the video you are following. Feel free to post here again if you get stuck in doing that.

One of the biggest differences will be in what is supported by extensions. That will improve over time. For example, a Table of Contents is now built in, see [here](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/announcing-jupyter-notebook-7/20631/5) and the original post in that thread. That used to be one of the unofficial contributor authored notebook features that you could add, see [here](https://jupyter-contrib-nbextensions.readthedocs.io/en/latest/nbextensions/toc2/README.html). Now you get that and other advances built in.

> [@Lashes](#):
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> I guess if version 6 is EOL & v7 the latest one it might be worthwhile to stick with v7

That is probably the best idea as someone starting in Jupyter now.  
And if later you decide you want something that is more along the line of a full-featured interactive development environment experience, you can try JupyterLab. It has a single document mode you can toggle into and out of, too.

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**Author:** ![Lashes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/lashes/32/10702_2.png) [@Lashes](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/Lashes)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-menu-missing-options/20868/7 "2023-08-13T19:44:32Z")

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> [@fomightez](#):
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> Feel free to post here again if you get stuck in doing that.

Thx you!!! I promise to do as much homework as I can before taking your time. 🙏

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**Author:** ![jtp](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/jtp/32/19100_2.png) [@jtp](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/jtp)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-menu-missing-options/20868/8 "2023-08-16T05:27:26Z")

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> [@Lashes](#):
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> from a course which has the menu options noted as missing on my end

Is the video publicly available? It would be interesting to see what they cover, and could help address differences between v6 and v7 such as:

- [Have a more consistent UX between Notebook v7 and v6 in the file manager. · Issue #6397 · jupyter/notebook · GitHub](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/issues/6397)
- [Notebook v7 menus should match the v6 ones whenever possible · Issue #6398 · jupyter/notebook · GitHub](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/issues/6398)

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**Author:** ![Lashes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/lashes/32/10702_2.png) [@Lashes](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/Lashes)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jupyter-notebook-menu-missing-options/20868/9 "2023-08-23T19:28:53Z")

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It’s a paid course from Udemy jtp. The course is titled " [Prompt Engineering for Data Analysis Python, Pandas, ChatGPT], ([https://www.udemy.com/course/chatgptandpython/](https://www.udemy.com/course/chatgptandpython/))"  
I do wish they had maintained a seamless UX between the versions, would have saved me a lot of time!