Inconsistent "New" menu's

[mohmad-null]

Brand new to Jupyter, I was trying to create a new notebook and right clicked in the file explorer expecting to create a new jupyter file. I figured it was "New File", but actually that should be "New Textfile".
Turns out, this right-click menu doesn't have New Notebook creating abilities at all, which was super weird. Need to go to the file -> New -> New Notebook for that.

This seems counter intuitive.

I'd like to suggest:

• Renaming "New File" to "New Textfile"
• Making the two "New " menus consistent. For example:
• • Both should have New Notebook on.
• • Both should have New Folder on.
• • Both should have New Python File on

[krassowski]

Turns out, this right-click menu doesn't have New Notebook creating abilities at all, which was super weird. Need to go to the file -> New -> New Notebook for that.

Not anymore 🎉 #10666 merged just 4 days ago added "New Notebook" to the context menu (this will be a part of 4.0 release).

Making the two "New " menus consistent. For example: Both should have New Notebook on. Both should have New Folder on. Both should have New Python File on.

I agree - having a "New" sub-menu in context menu of file browser could be a good idea.

Renaming "New File" to "New Textfile"

Maybe we could use "New Text File". An alternative solution would be to add a dialog allowing to easily change file extension, though it is already relatively easy to change it when naming file after creation.

[pushpam5]

I would love to give it a try.

Turns out, this right-click menu doesn't have New Notebook creating abilities at all, which was super weird. Need to go to the file -> New -> New Notebook for that.

Not anymore 🎉 #10666 merged just 4 days ago added "New Notebook" to the context menu (this will be a part of 4.0 release).

Making the two "New " menus consistent. For example: Both should have New Notebook on. Both should have New Folder on. Both should have New Python File on.

I agree - having a "New" sub-menu in context menu of file browser could be a good idea.

Renaming "New File" to "New Textfile"

Maybe we could use "New Text File". An alternative solution would be to add a dialog allowing to easily change file extension, though it is already relatively easy to change it when naming file after creation.

I would love to work on it.