[FIXED] How to view .ipynb as regular text intsead of an ipython notebook in vscode

Issue

VS code recently added the ability to work with jupyter notebooks (.ipynb files), this is to say it renders them as notebooks and not the underlying text.

The problem I'm running into is I want to make some edits on the raw text rather than the "notebook" but I can't figure out how to show it as a text file the way any other editor would.

Is there a way to toggle between the views?

Solution

Other answers didn't work for me recently. I found no "use notebook editor" option under preferences, perhaps vs code has reorganized recently. Instead I found the following solution. Right click on an *.ipynb file tab to get the context menu, and click "Reopen Editor With..." as pictured below.

Then on the following popup click "configure default editor for .ipynb", and then click on the text editor as seen below:

And viola. The default settings have been changed.

Answered By - aquirdturtle