https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/jupyter-support https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/jupyter-support It is exactly as you mentioned, you click t

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/jupyter-support https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/jupyter-support It is exactly as you mentioned, you click the notebook, it renders and opens a Kernel on the background. The plots have a default dark theme, but can be changed in the same way as if it was inside a normal Jupyter instance. It's pretty convenient, but a bit buggy still for larger notebooks (I have to constantly save or some actions cause the cells to rollback in time).