v7.0.0b4

7.0.0b4

(Full Changelog)

Enhancements made

• Rename browser tab title to Home #6913 (@Cheukting)
• Add the notification plugin #6900 (@jtpio)
• Configurable default_url for JupyterNotebookApp #6899 (@paulgb)
• Enhancement: Added drop shadows to markdown, text, and tree views #6893 (@rielAsh24)
• Update to JupyterLab 4.0.1 #6892 (@jtpio)
• Add file browser actions to the file browser toolbar #6888 (@jtpio)
• Add option to open a notebook in NbClassic if it is installed; show "Open in..." dropdown menu if there are multiple options, show single button otherwise #6866 (@andrii-i)
• Load custom CSS #6841 (@RRosio)

Bugs fixed

• Add an empty splash screen on notebook launch to avoid a flash of unstyled content #6911 (@andrii-i)
• Fix for "find searches only part of the file" bug #6905 (@ericsnekbytes)
• Provide a custom rendermime plugin to handle local links #6885 (@jtpio)

Maintenance and upkeep improvements

• Fix check links on CI #6910 (@jtpio)
• Add JSONLicenseWebpackPlugin #6896 (@jtpio)
• Simplify Gitpod setup #6894 (@jtpio)
• Fix action name in update workflow #6884 (@jtpio)
• Fix playwright bot #6880 (@jtpio)

Documentation improvements

• Document how to manage plugins and extensions #6909 (@jtpio)
• Jupyter Notebook ecosystem docs improvements #6877 (@ericsnekbytes)

Contributors to this release

(GitHub contributors page for this release)

@andrii-i | @Cheukting | @echarles | @ericsnekbytes | @github-actions | @henryiii | @jtpio | @krassowski | @paulgb | @pre-commit-ci | @rielAsh24 | @RRosio | @yuvipanda