Is there any add-ons for Powershell ISE where you can highlight any occurrence of the variable or any word? Something like Sublime Text has?
The ISE doesn't have support for add-ons, but Visual Studio Code does (and there's lots of good ones). It also has much better built-in syntax highlighting and Git support (if Git is installed). You'll need to install the PowerShell extension from the "extension marketplace" (just search for "PowerShell"). Also, Microsoft has said that they're not planning to continue maintenance of ISE, so VS Code is probably what you should be using to write PowerShell.
The ISE was not highlighting any keywords/syntaxes, for me the issue was with the file extension, the PS script file extension was inadvertently set to .ps, when I renamed it to have .ps1 extension, all the syntax highlighting revived. Hope this helps others.
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I'm pretty new to both visual studio code and PowerShell, mostly used gitBash before. I'm just wondering if there is a way to save aliases that I set in the powershell, so I don't have to redo them everytime I restart the application.
I tried a few google searches but could not find the answer to my question.
Thank you.
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If you're using Visual Studio Code with the PowerShell extension, you're using the PIC (PowerShell-Integrated Console) in the Visual Studio Code's integrated terminal, which has its own $PROFILE file, separate from stand-alone PowerShell installations.
You can open this $PROFILE file from the PIC as follows:
psedit $PROFILE
Any alias definitions or functions you place in there will be available in future PIC sessions by default - but only there.
Alternatively, to share definitions with a stand-alone PowerShell installation, dot-source its $PROFILE file; e.g., to dot-source:
the current user's Windows PowerShell profile, use:
. ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
the current user's PowerShell (Core) 7+ profile, use:
. ~\Documents\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
I was given a PowerShell script, that when opened in a text editor, is one very long line of code. Is there any kind of auto-format tool for PowerShell syntax? I use Notepad++ and read a thread here (https://superuser.com/questions/58884/auto-format-document-with-notepad)and here (PowerShell Code Tidy or Reformat?) about certain plugins that can help with indentation and other code cleanup, but nothing that I've seen that can take one long line and tidy it.
Thanks.
I'd suggest using Visual Studio Code with the PowerShell extension. From there, you can utilize the Format Document tool (default keybind: SHIFT+ALT+F). This will look at your settings file and uses PSScriptAnalyzer to perform the formatting rules.
With the newest update (June2018), Visual Studio Code supports fully portable downloads by downloading the .zip option and creating the /data/tmp/ directory in the root where code.exe lives.
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I'm a big fan of powershell ISE as a terminal. It has intellisense and syntax highlighting built in the shell and I just use it instead of the regular shell for everyday commands.
I would like to use Visual Studio Code instead, because the editor is much more powerfull and has support for a whole lot of languages and format. However the integrated shell is you basic Powershell terminal : no intellisense, no coloring (even with Powershell 5 installed on my computer).
Is there any way to add intellisense and coloring to my terminal, or use ISE's terminal in VSCode? or is there a plugin somewhere adressing these issues?
The integrated PowerShell terminal on Visual Studio Code does have intellisense, so I'm unclear what you require here, are you sure it's not set to cmd.exe instead ?
On another note, follow this setup guide. In case you haven't already installed the PowerShell Extension.
I'd like to start using a custom extension for some of my Powershell scripts, but when I drag them into the PowerShell ISE, they are treated as plaintext, and I don't get any syntax highlighting. Is there anything I can do to get the ISE to recognize my custom file extension as a PowerShell script?
Can't be done because, as of the current version, the ISE determines whether to turn syntax highlighting on or not based on the file name extension: this behavior can't be changed as the recognized extensions are (unfortunately) fixed in the code.
They are, of course:
.ps1
.psm1
.psd1
For those who are wondering, the ISE determines this within the IsPowerShellSourceCodeFile internal property of the Microsoft.PowerShell.Host.ISE.ISEFile type, exported by the Microsoft.PowerShell.GPowerShell assembly. And no, reflection does not allow to cheat it, as trying to inject one of the supported extensions into the Extension property causes the ISE to crash.
I'm going to say this is possible. The Powershell module here brings SQL highlighting to the Powershell ISE.
For me, the PS script file extension was inadvertently .ps, when I renamed it to have .ps1 extension, all the syntax highlighting revived. Hope this helps others.
Edit: Anyone coming to the question now. Please look at the dates. This is a very, very, old question from the first version of PowerShell. Everything is now different
Just starting out with PowerShell, I would love to have intellisense support for writing PowerShell scripts. Tab-completion works great so you would think it would exist somewhere, but the only thing I can find an article from 2007 - hardly up to date.
Is there an extension somewhere that gives you this ability?
How about an editor?
Try this -
http://powergui.org/index.jspa
This is a good editor with intellisense
The Windows PowerShell ISE which is installed with later versions of PowerShell has got built-in intellisense.
Also Visual Studio Code with the PowerShell extension is another option
And ISE Steroids if you want to stay with ISE
But seems direction is VS Code, especially with Core
Have a look on PowerTab.
Also PowerShell Plus (commercial). Or you can wait for PowerShell 2.0 and hopefully get Graphical Windows PowerShell.
PowerSE is a free PowerShell Editor that includes Intellisense (PowerShell, WMI, and .NET)
Features:
Includes Auto-Script creation feature - execute a cmdlet, look at the results in a grid view, select and sort columns, then tell it to generate the PowerShell for you.
Community button to search TechNet and PoshCode for samples.
Debug features such as breakpoints and stepping through code.
Watch window to drill into PowerShell variables.
Context sensitive help.
Imbedded console window with command recorder.
Try visual studio code with powershell extension. It works better than Windows PowerShell ISE for me.
PSReadline now has intellisense right in the console based on the command history. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/announcing-psreadline-2-1-with-predictive-intellisense/
To enable in powershell 7:
Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionSource History
You can also get that version of psreadline in powershell 5.1.
Install-Module PSReadLine -RequiredVersion 2.1.0
I think it is the best way that you write TabExpansion.
There are no Autocomplteion tools for posh, like C#'s IntelliSence.
They can't get even $_'s properties even if you use just a standard Cmdlet.
PowerShell ISE v3 has Intellisense
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27548