jupyter notebooks slides: Skip as default

Question

When using Jupyter for slides, is there a way to have Slide Type set to Skip for new cells, as a default?

Answer 1

My workaround for what you ask. Create an empty "Skip" slide and type: Esc C V V V

To copy and paste many empty "Skip" slides.

Answer 2

My workflow is as follows: I typically work on a notebook, do all the data explorations and only later I decide to convert it onto a slide-deck. This means setting the Slide Type to "Skip" (or "Sub-Slide") for many cells. It is unbearable to do it manually, so I go as follows:

• in notebook, switch on the View >> Cell Toolbar >> Slideshow; this brings up a field with drop-down menu (with options "Slide", "Sub-Slide", etc.) at the upper right corner of every cell. Initially there is no value selected in any cell; you could now go cell by cell and select an option manually, or work as follows:
• save and close the notebook
• open the ipynb file in a text editor, e.g. Notepad++
• find "metadata": { } and replace it by

"metadata": {
    "slideshow": {
     "slide_type": "subslide"
    }

(or 'slide_type_: "skip" for skipping) .

In my version of Notepad++ it actually means to use this replace string:

"metadata": {\n    "slideshow": {\n     "slide_type": "subslide"\n    }\n    },

while having the Search mode switched to "Extended":