The PowerShellTab Object

The PowerShell tab object embodies a Windows PowerShell execution environment. An example is $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.

Methods

The following are methods of the PowerShell tab object.

Invoke(System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock script)

Executes the given script in the PowerShell tab.

	Note:
	This method only works on other PowerShell tabs, not on the PowerShell tab where it is run.

script:: Script to be executed.

# Manually create a second PowerShell tab before running this script. 
# Return to the first tab and type
$secondTab = $psise.PowerShellTabs[1] 
$secondTab.Invoke({dir})

Properties

AddOnsMenu

Read-only property that gets the Add-ons menu for the PowerShell Tab.

# Clear the Add-ons menu if one exists.
$psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.AddOnsMenu.SubMenus.Clear()
# Create an AddOns menu with an accessor.
# Note the use of “_”  as opposed to the “&” for mapping to the fast key letter for the menu item.
$menuAdded = $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.AddOnsMenu.SubMenus.Add("_Process",{get-process},"Alt+P") 
# Add a nested menu. 
$parentAdded = $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.AddOnsMenu.SubMenus.Add("Parent",$null,$null) 
$parentAdded.SubMenus.Add("_Dir",{dir},"Alt+D")
# Show the Add-ons menu on the current PowerShell tab.
$psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.AddOnsMenu

CanInvoke

Read-only Boolean property that gets a true value if a script can be invoked with the Invoke(System.Management.Automation.ScriptBlock script) method.

# CanInvoke will be false if the PowerShell
# tab is running a script that takes a while, and you
# check its properties from another PowerShell tab. It is
# always false if checked on the current PowerShell tab. 
# Manually create a second PowerShell tab before
# running this script.
# Return to the first tab and type
$secondTab = $psise.PowerShellTabs[1] 
$secondTab.CanInvoke 
$secondTab.Invoke({sleep 20})
$secondTab.CanInvoke

Commandpane

Read-only property that gets the Command Pane editor object.

# Gets the Command Pane editor.
$psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.CommandPane

DisplayName

Read-write property that gets or sets the name of the PowerShell tab.

$newTab = $psise.PowerShellTabs.Add()
# Change the DisplayName of the new PowerShell tab. 
$newTab.DisplayName="Brand New Tab"

ExpandedScript

Read/write Boolean property that determines whether the Script Pane is expanded or hidden.

# Toggle the expanded script property to see its effect.
$PSise.CurrentPowerShellTab.ExpandedScript=!$PSise.CurrentPowerShellTab.ExpandedScript

Files

Read-only property that gets the collection of script files that are open in the PowerShell tab.

$newFile = $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.Files.Add()
$newFile.Editor.Text = "a`r`nb" 
# Gets the line count. 
$newFile.Editor.LineCount

Output

Read-only property that gets the output editor.

# Clears the text in the output.
$psise.CurrentPowerShellTab.output.clear()

Prompt

Read-only property that gets the current prompt text.

# Gets the current prompt text.
$psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.Prompt

StatusText

Read-only property that gets the PowerShellTab status text.

# Gets the current status text,
$psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.StatusText