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Zhakal
Zhakal

Reputation: 97

PowerShell ISE Profile loading scripts in tabs

I want to add a section to the PowerShell ISE profile (Microsoft.PowerShellISE_profile.ps1) which does the following:

  1. Creates several new tabs with given names
  2. Inside each of the tabs open one or more unique script files (not running the scripts, just open the files)

I thought about doing something like the code snipet like under, but it creates endlessly new tabs when opening ISE and I to get it to do as I want to have it.

$tab1 = $psISE.PowerShellTabs.Add()
$tab1.DisplayName = "First-tab"

While (-not $tab1.CanInvoke) {
    Start-Sleep -m 100
}

Example of the desired buildup:

  1. First-tab
    • Script 1
    • Script 2
  2. Second-tab
    • Script 3
  3. Third-tab
    • Script 4
    • Script 5

Upvotes: 0

Views: 337

Answers (1)

Mathias R. Jessen
Mathias R. Jessen

Reputation: 174495

The reason it endlessly opens new tabs with your current code is that every new tab sets up its own runspace and loads the profile (again).

One approach is to let each execution of the profile script be responsible for loading its own scripts, open the next (if any), and then return:

# Define tabs and their content
$Tabs = [ordered]@{
    'Tab One' = @(
        '.\path\to\Script1.ps1'
        '.\path\to\Script2.ps1'
    )
    'Tab Two' = @(
        '.\path\to\Script3.ps1'
    )
    'Tab Three' = @(
        '.\path\to\Script4.ps1'
    )
}

foreach($tabDef in $Tabs.GetEnumerator()){
    # Loop through the tab definitions until we reach one that hasn't been configured yet
    if(-not $psISE.PowerShellTabs.Where({$_.DisplayName -eq $tabDef.Name})){

        # Set the name of the tab that was just created
        $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.DisplayName = $tabDef.Name

        # Open the corresponding files
        foreach($file in Get-Item -Path $tabDef.Value){
            $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.Files.Add($file.FullName)
        }

        if($psISE.PowerShellTabs.Count -lt $Tabs.Count){
            # Still tabs to be opened
            $newTab = $psISE.PowerShellTabs.Add()        
        }

        # Nothing more to be done - if we just opened a new tab it will take care of itself
        return
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

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