docs: adjust docs to reflect jupyterlab as default

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Erik Sundell
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# Change default User Interface
# Change default user interface
By default, logging into TLJH puts you in the classic Jupyter Notebook
interface we all know and love. However, there are at least two other
popular notebook interfaces you can use:
By default a user starting a server will see the JupyterLab interface. This can
be changed with TLJH config `user_environment.default_app` or with the
JupyterHub config
{external:py:attribute}`jupyterhub.spawner.Spawner.default_url` directly.
1. [JupyterLab](http://jupyterlab.readthedocs.io/en/stable/)
2. [nteract](https://nteract.io/)
The TLJH config supports the options `jupyterlab` and `classic`, which
translates to a `Spawner.default_url` config of `/lab` and `/tree`.
Both these interfaces are also shipped with TLJH by default. You can try
them temporarily, or set them to be the default interface whenever you
login.
Both these interfaces are also shipped with TLJH by default. You can try them
temporarily, or set them to be the default interface whenever you login.
## Trying an alternate interface temporarily
When you log in & start your server, by default the URL in your browser
will be something like `/user/<username>/tree`. The `/tree` is what
tells the notebook server to give you the classic notebook interface.
When you log in and start your server, by default the URL in your browser will
be something like `/user/<username>/lab`. The `/lab` is what tells the jupyter
server to give you the JupyterLab user interface.
- **For the JupyterLab interface**: change `/tree` to `/lab`.
- **For the nteract interface**: change `/tree` to `/nteract`
As an example, you can update the URL to not end with `/lab`, but instead end
with `/tree` to temporarily switch to the classic interface.
You can play around with them and see what fits your use cases best.
## Changing the default user interface using TLJH config
## Changing the default user interface
You can change the default url, and therefore the interface users get when they
log in by modifying TLJH config as an admin user.
You can change the default interface users get when they log in by
modifying `config.yaml` as an admin user.
1. To launch the classic notebook interface when users log in, run the
following in the admin console:
1. To launch **JupyterLab** when users log in, run the following in an
admin console:
```bash
sudo tljh-config set user_environment.default_app classic
```
1. To launch JupyterLab when users log in, run the following in an admin
console:
```bash
sudo tljh-config set user_environment.default_app jupyterlab
```
2. Alternatively, to launch **nteract** when users log in, run the
following in the admin console:
```bash
sudo tljh-config set user_environment.default_app nteract
```
3. Apply the changes by restarting JupyterHub. This should not disrupt
1. Apply the changes by restarting JupyterHub. This should not disrupt
current users.
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