v2021.4.1-preview

v2021.4.1-preview

Friday, April 02, 2021

vscode-powershell

• 👷🐛 vscode-powershell #3267 - Update download host of vscode. (Thanks @thosoo!)
• 👷✨ vscode-powershell #3195 - Create new ReleaseTools module.
• 📺✨ vscode-powershell #3236 - Use title case and shorter notification text. (Thanks @Tyriar!)
• 🚨🐛 vscode-powershell #3208 - Fix hardcoded extension name string.
• 📖🐛 vscode-powershell #3049 - Update examples-module to use Pester 5. (Thanks @nickkimbrough!)
• 🐛 vscode-powershell #3209 - Remove the rest of the experimental Notebook API.
• 👷 vscode-powershell #3178 - Update powershell CHANGELOG for v2021.2.2.

PowerShellEditorServices

• 🧠✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1176 - Add '$' as trigger character for completion. (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
• 👷🚨✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1426 - Bump CI images and enable tests on Apple M1.
• ✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1424 - Update to use OmniSharp 0.19.0.
• #️⃣ 🙏 PowerShellEditorServices #1418 - Update CHANGELOG for v2.3.0.
• #️⃣ 🙏 vscode-powershell #3180 - Fix New-EditorFile failing when no Editor window open. (Thanks @corbob!)

v2021.2.2

v2021.2.2

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

vscode-PowerShell

• 📺 ✨ New semantic highlighting. (Thanks @justinytchen!)
• 🐢 ✨ Added Pester v5 support to problem matcher. (Thanks @fflaten!)
• ✨ 👮 Updated PSScriptAnalyzer to 1.19.1. Fixes formatting bugs! (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• 🛫 🐛 vscode-powershell #3181 - Fix PowerShell MSIX (Store) detection.
• 🐛 Many squashed bugs! (See previews below for details.)

PowerShellEditorServices

• 👷 ✨ No changes, just releasing a stable version.

v2021.2.1-preview

v2021.2.1-preview

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

vscode-PowerShell

• 👷 🐛 vscode-powershell #3197 - Some improvements to the release scripts.

PowerShellEditorServices

• 📖 🐛 PowerShellEditorServices #1416 - Fix some markdownlint errors in README.
• 🛫 🐛 PowerShellEditorServices #1415 - Fix configuration processing to ensure that profiles are loaded.

v2021.2.0-preview

v2021.2.0-preview

Friday, February 19, 2021

vscode-PowerShell

• 🛫 🐛 vscode-powershell #3132 - Fix for issue #3131 in regards to brew discarding cask as an option. (Thanks @philippkahr!)
• 📺 🐛 vscode-powershell #3177 - Delete VS Code Notebook API prototype.
• 👷 ✨ vscode-powershell #3162 - Rewrite release signing pipeline #3162.
• 💎 🐛 vscode-powershell #3129 - Add braces to PSCustomObject snippet to play nice with auto-closing pairs.
• 📖 ✨ vscode-powershell #3152 - Add self as maintainer to readme.
• 👷 🐛 vscode-powershell #3099 - Update dependencies to fix CI on macOS.
• 🐢 🐛 vscode-powershell #3089 - Remove hardcoded output format.
• 📖 🐛 vscode-powershell #3086 - Fix typo in description of legacy codelens description. (Thanks @nexxai!)
• 🚂 ✨ vscode-powershell #3053 - Send telemetry from pses.
• 🚂 ✨ vscode-powershell #3047 - Update language server client.
• 🐢 ✨ vscode-powershell #2998 - Added Pester v5 support to problem matcher. (Thanks @fflaten!)
• ✂️ 🐛 vscode-powershell #3023 - Help completion should only run on powershell scripts.
• 🛫 🐛 vscode-powershell #2973 - Fix session menu fails to open when PowerShell extension is starting. (Thanks @jeffpatton1971!)

PowerShellEditorServices

• 👷 ✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1408 - Rewrite release signing pipeline.
• 🚨 ✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1398 - Refactor e2e tests.
• 🚂 ✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1381 - Hook up Telemetry LSP event and add telemetry event when users opt-out/in to features.
• 👷 🐛 PowerShellEditorServices #1397 - More compliant NuGet.config.
• 📺 🐛 vscode-powershell #3071 - Fix #1393: Always use local help to return cmdlet help text. (Thanks @deadlydog!)
• 🚂 ✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1376 - Move to Omnisharp lib 0.18.x.
• 🛫 🐛 vscode-powershell #2965 - Fix error when started in low .NET versions.
• 📖 🐛 PowerShellEditorServices #1364 - Typos in README.md. (Thanks @robotboyfriend!)

v2020.9.0-preview

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Known issues

• The Disable Notebook Mode has disappeared. This is likely a vscode issue and is being investigated. As a workaround, run this in the command pallet (ctrl/cmd+shift+p): Disable Notebook Mode
• Please see other open GitHub issues for the other known issues

Changelog

vscode-PowerShell

• 📺✨ vscode-powershell #2919 -
  Create new Untitled Notebooks and support for Automatic Notebooks (*.Notebook.ps1).
• 📺✨ vscode-powershell #2935 -
  Add ISE theme settings borders. (Thanks @CalistusK!)
• 👷✨ vscode-powershell #2922 -
  Add editorconfig to recommended extensions for the local build. (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• 👷✨ vscode-powershell #2889 -
  Use spaces instead of tabs for consistency. (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• 👷✨ vscode-powershell #2884 -
  Update copyright header in *.ps1, *.psm1 files. (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• 🐢🐛 vscode-powershell #2888 -
  Fixed crash when running pester older than 3.4.5. (Thanks @EmmanuelPineiro!)
• 👷✨ vscode-powershell #2881 -
  Remove UTF-8 BOM from misc text files. (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• 👷✨ vscode-powershell #2876 -
  Update text in LICENSE.txt. (Thanks @xtqqczze!)
• 📺✨ vscode-powershell #2861 -
  Update LSP Client to use new Semantic Highlighting APIs. (Thanks @justinytchen!)
• 👷✨ vscode-powershell #2871 -
  Prevent Update Notebook dts action from triggering on forked repositories. (Thanks @corbob!)
• 🔧🐛 vscode-powershell #2863 -
  Fix migration of codeFormatting.addWhitespaceAroundPipe setting when it doesn't already exist.
• 📺🐛 vscode-powershell #2845 -
  Handle block comments with text on the same line as <# #> in Notebook Mode.
• ✨ vscode-powershell #2855 -
  Expose the extension integration API via exports instead of editor commands.
• 📺✨ vscode-powershell #2844 -
  Use property scope in the PowerShell ISE theme for better Semantic Highlighting.

PowerShellEditorServices

• 🧠✨ vscode-powershell #2898 -
  Type and Namespace completions now have tooltips. (Thanks @AspenForester!)
• 🛫🐛 vscode-powershell #2719 -
  Fix startup assembly version loading issue in PowerShell 6 and up.
• 🔗🐛 vscode-powershell #2810 -
  Fix reference number on Windows due to directory separator difference on Windows.
• 📺✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1343 -
  Updated Semantic Handler to work with new LSP APIs. (Thanks @justinytchen!)
• 📺✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1337 -
  Treat Members as Properties in Semantic Highlighting for better accuracy.

v2020.7.0-preview

Thursday, July 30, 2020

vscode-PowerShell

• 📺✨ vscode-powershell #2834 -
  Enable LSP proposed features for Semantic Highlighting. Also allow the PowerShell ISE theme to use Semantic Highlighting.
• 👮✨ vscode-powershell #2831 -
  Expose new formatter setting powershell.codeFormatting.useConstantStrings from PSScriptAnalyzer 1.19.1. (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• 📺✨ vscode-powershell #2789 -
  Initial Notebook UI Mode in VS Code Insiders.
• 🔧✨ vscode-powershell #2693 -
  Migrate setting value of powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceAroundPipe to new setting powershell.codeFormatting.addWhitespaceAroundPipe automatically. (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• 🧹✨ vscode-powershell #2685 -
  Refactor vscode-powershell IFeature classes to separate them into features that depend on the language server and features that don't. (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• ✨ vscode-powershell #2799 -
  Initial VSCode-extension-facing PowerShell API: registering, unregistering, and getting PowerShell version details.
• 🛫✨ vscode-powershell #2796 -
  Add setting to change the cwd of the Powershell Integrated Console. (Thanks @jwfx!)
• 🛫🐛 vscode-powershell #2780 -
  Fix quoting of banner for global tool.
• 🔍🐛 vscode-powershell #2765 -
  Emit 'terminated' event if PSES is restarted.

PowerShellEditorServices

• 📺✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1328 -
  Enable handlers for Semantic Highlighting for better highlighting accuracy.
• 👮✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1333 -
  Expose new rule PSAvoidUsingDoubleQuotesForConstantString added in PSScriptAnalyzer 1.19.1. (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• 📺✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1321 -
  Needed changes for Notebook UI Support.
• 🛫✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1323 -
  Add cwd property to settings. (Thanks @jwfx!)
• 🛫🐛 PowerShellEditorServices #1317 -
  Move tests to PS7 and PS7.1 and fix IsNetCore check.
• 🔗✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1316 -
  Return null when Hover request is cancelled or no symbol details. (Thanks @ralish!)
• 🛫🐛 vscode-powershell #2763 -
  TLS 1.2 Support When Installing PackageManagement Module. (Thanks @serkanz!)

v2020.6.0

Thursday, June 11, 2020

• ⚡️🧠 Better performance of overall.
• ✨🛫 Support for ConstrainedLanguage mode.
• 🐛 Many squashed bugs
• ✨👮 Updated PSScriptAnalyzer to 1.19.0.
  - More formatting settings! (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• 📟 ✨ Updated PSReadLine to 2.0.2.

(From now on,
the stable extension will have the latest stable version of PSReadLine and the PowerShell Preview extension will have the latest preview of PSReadLine)

v2020.6.1-preview

Monday, June 08, 2020

vscode-PowerShell

• 👷 ✨ vscode-powershell #2740 -
  Add CodeQL security scanning. (Thanks @jhutchings1!)

PowerShellEditorServices

• 🔗 🐛 PowerShellEditorServices #1304 -
  Use From instead of FromFileSystem fixing CodeLens references.
• 📟 ✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1290 -
  Allow PSReadLine to work in ConstrainedLanguage mode.
• 📟 ✨ The PowerShell Preview extension now uses v2.1.0-preview.2 of PSReadLine.
  If you want the predictions feature back, add the following to your $PROFILE:

Set-PSReadLineOption -PredictionSource History

v2020.6.0-preview

Monday, June 01, 2020

vscode-PowerShell

• 🐢✨ vscode-powershell #2730 -
  Support adding an OutputFile and allow running Pester tests from the command pallet.
• 🔗🐛 vscode-powershell #2705 -
  Tweak CodeLens logic now that we use Omnisharp's serializer.
• 📺✨ vscode-powershell #2702 -
  Add coloring for $ and remove it from wordSepartors. (Thanks @MJECloud!)
• 📺✨ vscode-powershell #2704 -
  Add buttons for moving the terminal pane around. (Thanks @MartinGC94!)
• 👮‍🐛 vscode-powershell #2703 -
  Tweak whitespaceAroundPipe settings migration logic to do it only once. (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• 👮‍🐛 vscode-powershell #2698 -
  Change default of powershell.codeFormatting.pipelineIndentationStyle from None back to NoIndentation due to PSScriptAnalyzer bug. (Thanks @bergmeister!)

PowerShellEditorServices

• 🚂✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1301 -
  Fix AddLanguageProtocolLogging OmniSharp breaking change.
• 🚨✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1298 -
  Remove leftover csproj reference to already removed project in test project PowerShellEditorServices.Test.Host.csproj. (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• 🚂✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1300 -
  Address breaking changes in Omnisharp lib and depend on DocumentUri more.
• 🚂✨ PowerShellEditorServices #1291 -
  Depend on DocumentUri for handing vscode Uri's.
• 🧠✨ vscode-powershell #2706 -
  Support completionItem/resolve request for comparison operators to show tooltip information.

v2020.5.0-preview

Wednesday, May 06, 2020

vscode-PowerShell

• ✨🐢 vscode-powershell #2670 -
  Add debug output setting for Pester. (Thanks @nohwnd!)
• ✨🔧 vscode-powershell #2689 -
  Migrate setting value of powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceAroundPipe to powershell.codeFormatting.addWhitespaceAroundPipe automatically. (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• 🐛🔧 vscode-powershell #2688 -
  Respect user choice when dismissing the powerShellExePath dialog. (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• ✨👷 vscode-powershell #2686 -
  Code clean up around some unused variables. (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• vscode-powershell #2676 -
  Fix Pester invocation for 3x versions. (Thanks @nohwnd!)
• vscode-powershell #2674 -
  Add additional settings for PSScriptAnalyzer 1.19. (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• vscode-powershell #2672 -
  Use in-memory debug adapter instead of spinning up new process.

PowerShellEditorServices

• 🛫🐛 PowerShellEditorServices #1289 -
  Fix startup on empty workspaces.
• 🛫🐛 PowerShellEditorServices #1285 -
  Use API on ScriptBlock to generate PSCommand to run in ConstrainedLanguage mode.
• ⚡️🧠 PowerShellEditorServices #1283 -
  Move to Omnisharp lib 0.17.0 for increased performance.
• ✨👮 PowerShellEditorServices #1280 -
  Add additional settings for PSScriptAnalyzer 1.19. (Thanks @bergmeister!)
• 🔗 🐛 vscode-powershell #305 -
  Fix document highlight column.
• 🐛🧠 PowerShellEditorServices #1276 -
  Handle when no CommandInfo comes back from Get-Command to prevent an Exception showing up in logs.