The ISEAddOnTool Object
An ISEAddonTool object represents an installed add-on tool that provides additional functionality to Windows PowerShell ISE. An example is the Commands tool that you can display by clicking View, then Show Command Add-on. This tool is then accessible to you by manipulating the various available ISEAddOnTool objects.
Each add-on tool can be associated with either the vertical pane or the horizontal pane. The vertical pane is docked to the right edge of Windows PowerShell ISE. The horizontal pane is docked to the bottom edge.
Each PowerShell tab in Windows PowerShell ISE can have its own set of add-on tools installed. See $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.HorizontalAddOnTools and $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.VerticalAddOnTools to access the collection of tools available to the currently selected tab or the same properties on any of the PowerShellTab objects in the $psISE.PowerShellTabs collection object.
Methods
There are no Windows PowerShell ISE-specific methods available for objects of this class.
Properties
Control
Supported in Windows PowerShell ISE 3.0 and later, and not present in earlier versions.
The Control property provides read access to many of the details of the Commands add-on tool.
# View the properties of the Commands add-on tool.
# (assumes that it is visible in the vertical pane)
$psISE.CurrentVisibleVerticalTool.Control
HostObject : Microsoft.PowerShell.Host.ISE.ObjectModelRoot
Content :
HasContent :
ContentTemplate :
ContentTemplateSelector :
ContentStringFormat :
BorderBrush :
BorderThickness :
Background :
Foreground :
FontFamily :
FontSize :
FontStretch :
FontStyle :
FontWeight :
HorizontalContentAlignment :
VerticalContentAlignment :
TabIndex :
IsTabStop :
Padding :
Template : System.Windows.Controls.ControlTemplate
Style :
OverridesDefaultStyle :
UseLayoutRounding :
Triggers : {}
TemplatedParent :
Resources : {System.Windows.Controls.TabItem}
DataContext :
BindingGroup :
Language :
Name :
Tag :
InputScope :
ActualWidth : 370.75
ActualHeight : 676.559097412109
LayoutTransform :
Width :
MinWidth :
MaxWidth :
Height :
MinHeight :
MaxHeight :
FlowDirection : LeftToRight
Margin :
HorizontalAlignment :
VerticalAlignment :
FocusVisualStyle :
Cursor :
ForceCursor :
IsInitialized : True
IsLoaded :
ToolTip :
ContextMenu :
Parent :
HasAnimatedProperties :
InputBindings :
CommandBindings :
AllowDrop :
DesiredSize : 227.66,676.559097412109
IsMeasureValid : True
IsArrangeValid : True
RenderSize : 370.75,676.559097412109
RenderTransform :
RenderTransformOrigin :
IsMouseDirectlyOver : False
IsMouseOver : False
IsStylusOver : False
IsKeyboardFocusWithin : False
IsMouseCaptured :
IsMouseCaptureWithin : False
IsStylusDirectlyOver : False
IsStylusCaptured :
IsStylusCaptureWithin : False
IsKeyboardFocused : False
IsInputMethodEnabled :
Opacity :
OpacityMask :
BitmapEffect :
Effect :
BitmapEffectInput :
CacheMode :
Uid :
Visibility : Visible
ClipToBounds : False
Clip :
SnapsToDevicePixels : False
IsFocused :
IsEnabled :
IsHitTestVisible :
IsVisible : True
Focusable :
PersistId : 1
IsManipulationEnabled :
AreAnyTouchesOver : False
AreAnyTouchesDirectlyOver :
AreAnyTouchesCapturedWithin : False
AreAnyTouchesCaptured :
TouchesCaptured : {}
TouchesCapturedWithin : {}
TouchesOver : {}
TouchesDirectlyOver : {}
DependencyObjectType : System.Windows.DependencyObjectType
IsSealed : False
Dispatcher : System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher
IsVisible
Supported in Windows PowerShell ISE 3.0 and later, and not present in earlier versions.
The Boolean property that indicates whether the add-on tool is currently visible in its assigned
pane. If it is visible, you can set the IsVisible property to $false to hide the tool, or set
the IsVisible property to $true to make an add-on tool visible on its PowerShell tab. Note
that after an add-on tool is hidden, it is no longer accessible through the
CurrentVisibleHorizontalTool or CurrentVisibleVerticalTool objects, and therefore cannot be
made visible by using this property on that object.
# Hide the current tool in the vertical tool pane
$psISE.CurrentVisibleVerticalTool.IsVisible = $false
# Show the first tool on the currently selected PowerShell tab
$psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.VerticalAddOnTools[0].IsVisible = $true
Name
Supported in Windows PowerShell ISE 3.0 and later, and not present in earlier versions.
The read-only property that gets the name of the add-on tool.
# Gets the name of the visible vertical pane add-on tool.
$psISE.CurrentVisibleVerticalTool.Name
Commands
