Support minimap for native notebooks

[rbtyod]

Issue Type: Bug

open a notebook and select "toggle minimap" from command menu

VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.53.0-insider (7b0cfdd, 2021-01-27T08:59:32.031Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19042

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[vscodebot]

(Experimental duplicate detection)
Thanks for submitting this issue. Please also check if it is already covered by an existing one, like:

• Slight UI issue with minimap when the line is long (#82232)
• Show merge conflict indicators/highlight in minimap (#83733)
• Add Opacity & Variable Height to Minimap (#32581)

[daniarherikurniawan]

Experienced the same issue:
Version: 1.53.2
Commit: 622cb03
Date: 2021-02-11T11:45:54.515Z
Electron: 11.2.1
Chrome: 87.0.4280.141
Node.js: 12.18.3
V8: 8.7.220.31-electron.0
OS: Darwin x64 19.5.0

[awilliamson]

Minimap for Notebooks would be nice, as they usually have significant output per cell.

[macsunmood]

@rebornix, hi! Is there any progress/updates on this ?

[madSec]

With all the recent improvements I now love working with Jupyter Notebook in VS Code! A minimap is one of the few additions I regularly wish for in my daily analysis work and I can't wait to see it come true.

[macsunmood]

With all the recent improvements I now love working with Jupyter Notebook in VS Code! A minimap is one of the few additions I regularly wish for in my daily analysis work and I can't wait to see it come true.

This!

[SanJJ1]

ditto^

[twilkening]

upvote

[Code-Dei-Tech]

I would also love this feature! I work with long data science and machine learning notebooks with lots of inline graphs in between, it's an eyesore trying to scroll through huge blocks of code and figures - a bird's eye view would be amazing

[rxsen]

Please add minimap to Jupyter notebooks. It is really difficult to navigate in large notebooks especially with Dark (Visual Studio) theme turned on as the scroll bar is almost invisible

[macsunmood]

A very needed feature!

[patchie]

We need this!

[starball5]

Related on Stack Overflow: How can I turn on the minimap in VS Code Jupyter notebook cells?

[mattehicks]

Argh! Wish we had this!

[valentinvdb]

Yes please!

[starball5]

Hey everyone, please refrain from making noisy comments. If you want to support this feature, give it a thumbs up reaction. If you want to take it a step further, actually help implement the feature. Quoting from https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/wiki/Submitting-Bugs-and-Suggestions

If you find your issue already exists, make relevant comments and add your reaction. Use a reaction on the issue description rather than adding a "+1" comment.

I've seen maintainers of repos get so fed up with these kinds of comments that they lock discussion in the issue ticket to maintainers only, which is a net negative to everyone: It locks non-maintainers out from design discussion that can be a necessary precondition to writing a PR.

[AJTonyKane]

I just noticed that there IS what looks like the tiniest of minimaps when viewing a Jupyter Notebook in VSC. Perhaps this is a clue for those developing about why getting the feature to work as been illusive... it's actually working, but the fact that it is has been hidden because of some kind of UI rendering issue:

[starball5]

@AJTonyKane you sure that's not just the scrollbar / outline / ruler decorations?

[AJTonyKane]

@starball5 : It does permit scrolling, like a mini-map, but the super tiny amber decoration inside the box in the image above is what I'm talking about. It corresponds to the place shown in window at the end of large notebook (I use amber for all comments) It has a bunch of defunct code I comment out - saved techniques or references for later. Thing is, I have a large block-comment at the top of the notebook, which likewise you can see an inkling of in the same narrow band seen in the attached when I scroll to the top, also almost microscopic:

[nilsonlin]

minimap is a must !!!

[jaov2k]

bumping for minimap

[macsunmood]

vote for minimap!

[Giles-Billenness]

Please add this! 🥺

[whisnumurtyga]

where the minimap?

[TolgaCakirr]

please add minimap feature for jupyter notebook for VSCode.
PLEASE

[Michal-Mikolas]

Please, I can't live without minimap anymore :-(

[Mithgroth]

Bump, needs to be added.

[joaofbravo]

Bump

[gayanlanke]

Would appreciate if this feature is added. Thanks.

[sandithr]

This is a feature, that would greatly benefit many!

[macsunmood]

Bump! A CRUCIAL feature!

[casluleal]

UP! Minimap for Jupyter-Notebook would be amazing. VS Code is already my favorite JN tool, but having minimap would be another level, as it's common to have long files and cell outputs+charts on it.

[realtman]

100%! Please implement this feature!

[SkimoBen]

How is this still not a thing !

[atticusmatticus]

This would be a great feature to have for the entire notebook too, as notebooks can be very long.