VSCode Usage Issues

For the best user experience, we recommend using Jupyter Lab to use the Cobalt UI. However, the Visual Studio Code notebook environment is convenient for many users, and we are working to support it as well as possible. There are a few known issues with the UI in a VSCode environment.

For users who want to use Cobalt in a VSCode notebook, there are a few known issues described here, together with some possible workarounds.

Reported issues

  • Dark mode color theme

    • There may be minor styling issues when the UI is opened in a notebook in dark mode.

    • Workaround: If this causes legibility issues, switching VSCode to light mode UI should help.

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  • Modal dialogs

    • If more than one instance of the UI is open, modal dialogs (e.g. the “New Graph” or “Save Group” dialogs) will always appear in the first UI instance.

    • Workaround: Ensure only one instance of the UI is open at any time.