Space efficient button/status bar in interactive python window

[sshenoy-mdsol]

The bar at the top of the interactive python windows contains buttons as well as text describing the status of the jupyter server and python kernel. When the window is sufficiently wide the display is fine but when the window is narrow (for example if multiple columns are in use) the buttons wrap onto multiple lines while the status text does not wrap and is cut off. This is problematic because the most useful information (whether the kernel is busy or idle) is at the very end of the kernel status string.

Suggestions:

• show the entire status text in a tooltip on hover (esp. when full text is clipped)
• add an icon to reflect the kernel status (busy or idle) and place it before the kernel status text (like the icon used for jupyter server status)
• Add configuration options to show/hide buttons on the bar (personally I don't see myself ever using some buttons, like expand/collapse all and I'm not really sure what the undo/redo buttons even do).
• If buttons wrap, might as well use the additional space and wrap the status text as well.

button/status bar at full width is fine:

button/status bar at reduced width is a mess & takes up lots of space:

[brettcannon]

This is actually implemented as part of https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-jupyter. Unfortunately they don't have Discussions turned on so I can't simply move it over there for you. Would you mind opening in issue on the Jupyter extension?

[sshenoy-mdsol]

Sure: microsoft/vscode-jupyter#5909