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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions docs/source/extending/frontend_extensions.rst
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Expand Up @@ -219,11 +219,11 @@ rather than copying it, so there's no need to reinstall after changes.
To use your extension, you'll also need to **enable** it, which tells the
notebook interface to load it. You can do that with another command::

jupyter nbextension enable my_extension/main [--sys-prefix]
jupyter nbextension enable my_extension/main [--sys-prefix|--section='common']
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It's not mutually exclusive from the --sys-prefix option, so the normal way is to put each one in its own [square brackets].


The argument refers to the Javascript module containing your
``load_ipython_extension`` function, which is ``my_extension/main.js`` in this
example. There is a corresponding ``disable`` command to stop using an
example. The ``--section='common'`` argument will affect all pages. There is a corresponding ``disable`` command to stop using an
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I think this should mention that the default is for the extension only to be loaded on the notebook view - that is probably what most extensions want.

extension without uninstalling it.

.. versionchanged:: 4.2
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