PowerShell Studio: Code Formatting

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Often times when you paste a PowerShell script from the web, the lines aren’t indented correctly. With the PowerShell Studio’s code formatting, it will automatically indent your script.

Formatted After Paste:

Customizable Formatting:

PowerShell Studio’s code formatting is customizable to fit your needs:

Formatting Triggers:

The first few options serve as triggers for auto formatting. These options tell PowerShell Studio when to format your script.

The following triggers can be enabled:

1. When a user inserts a new line ie. presses Enter (Formats the line only).
2. When a script block is completed by typing the closing curly bracket }  (Formats the code block).
3. When a user types a semicolon ; (Formats the line only).
4. When a user pastes text into the editor (Formats the pasted content).

In addition, there is an option to automatically indent the appropriate tab depth when inserting a new line.

Formatting Rules:

The second set of options allow you to customize the formatting rules of PowerShell Studio.

Place open brace on new line:

Enabled

Disabled

Place statement keyword on newline:

Enabled (with open brace new line: disabled)

Disabled (with open brace new line: disabled)

Align parameter on line continue `:

Enabled

Disabled

Parameter Block Indent:
Indents the parameter declarations within a parameter block.

Indent: 1

Indent: 0

Align parameter attributes:
Vertically aligns a parameter’s attributes declarations. When disabled it uses the Attribute Parameter indent value instead, to indent the subsequent lines of attributes.

Enabled

Disabled with Indent: 1

If you have any suggests or formatting options you would like to see added, please post a comment in our Wish List and Features Request forum.

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