import ipywidgets as widgets 
from IPython.display import display, clear_output

print("Before Widget")

output_counter = 0
out = widgets.Output(layout={'border': '1px solid black'})

def button_on_click(b):
    out.clear_output()
    with out:
        print("Inside Widget")
    global output_counter
    output_counter += 1
    print(f'Outside Widget {output_counter}')
    
btn = widgets.Button(description="Test")
btn.on_click(button_on_click)

Container = widgets.VBox(children=[btn])

display(Container,out)
print('After Display')

# create an output area to display detached widget output
comm_out = widgets.Output()
display(comm_out)

# send detatched output created during comm msgs to our output area
ip = get_ipython()
original_comm_msg_handler = ip.kernel.shell_handlers["comm_msg"]
def captured_comm_msg(*args, **kwargs):
    with comm_out:
        return original_comm_msg_handler(*args, **kwargs)
ip.kernel.shell_handlers["comm_msg"] = captured_comm_msg

print(f"{output_counter=}")
# comm_out references the global namespace, so redefining it changes the destination
# for future executions
comm_out = widgets.Output()
comm_out