# Set TOC to show by default in notebook 7

**URL:** <https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/set-toc-to-show-by-default-in-notebook-7/24172>\
**Category:** Notebook\
**Created:** [February 28, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/set-toc-to-show-by-default-in-notebook-7/24172 "2024-02-28T14:08:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![anjey.wang](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/anjey.wang/32/12546_2.png) [@anjey.wang](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/anjey.wang)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/set-toc-to-show-by-default-in-notebook-7/24172/1 "2024-02-28T14:08:56Z")

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Hi, all. I like using notebook 7 version, and I like to always open the “table of contents” sidebar.  
Right now, I found no way of setting it to show by default, this makes me to open it every one new notebook is opened which is quite cumbersome.  
I always felt this is a small problem, there must be some easy way to solve this.  
Thanks for your tips.

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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:** [February 28, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/set-toc-to-show-by-default-in-notebook-7/24172/2 "2024-02-28T15:46:49Z")

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There is pertinent discussion in a still-open issue [here](https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/issues/6990). You may wish to chime in there.

The current view is that this is already a feature of JupyterLab, and so users wishing a richer experience should be using JupyterLab and not the document-centric Jupyter Notebook 7.

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**Author:** ![anjey.wang](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/anjey.wang/32/12546_2.png) [@anjey.wang](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/anjey.wang)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/set-toc-to-show-by-default-in-notebook-7/24172/3 "2024-02-28T23:57:48Z")

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Thanks, Fomightez. Much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Fred\_Hickernell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/fred_hickernell/32/14226_2.png) [@Fred\_Hickernell](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/Fred_Hickernell)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/set-toc-to-show-by-default-in-notebook-7/24172/4 "2024-07-29T14:14:00Z")

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Thanks. Much appreciated.