PowerShell cmdLet Set-PSReadLineOption

List of options

`-EditMode`	A member of the `Microsoft.PowerShell.EditMode` enumeration
`-ContinuationPrompt`	<String>
`-HistoryNoDuplicates`
`-AddToHistoryHandler`	<System.Func`2[System.String,System.Object>]
`-CommandValidationHandler`	<System.Action`1[System.Management.Automation.Language.CommandAst>]
`-HistorySearchCursorMovesToEnd`
`-MaximumHistoryCount`	<Int32>
`-MaximumKillRingCount`	<Int32>
`-ShowToolTips`	<C-->-
`-ExtraPromptLineCount`	<Int32>
`-DingTone`	<Int32>	See also `-DingDuration` and `-BellStyle`
`-DingDuration`	<Int32>	See also `-DingTone` and `-BellStyle`
`-BellStyle`	A member of the `Microsoft.PowerShell.Bellstyle` enumeration	See also `-DingTone` and `-DingDuration`
`-CompletionQueryItems`	<Int32>
`-WordDelimiters`	<String>
`-HistorySearchCaseSensitive`
`-HistorySaveStyle`	<HistorySaveStyle>
`-HistorySavePath`	<String>
`-AnsiEscapeTimeout`	<Int32>
`-PromptText`	An array of strings
`-ViModeIndicator`	`Microsoft.PowerShell.ViModeStyle`
`-ViModeChangeHandler`	A script block
`-PredictionSource`	A member of the `Microsoft.PowerShell.PredictionSource` enumeration	PowerShell Core only?
`-PredictionViewStyle`	<PredictionViewStyle>	?
`-Colors`	A hash table

Set a value of an option

PS C:\> set-psReadLineOption -editMode vi

Boolean like options

showToolTips is a boolean like option. This option can be set like so:

PS C:\> set-psReadLineOption -showToolTips

In order to turn it off, the $false needs to be appended after a colon which is appended to the parameter name:

PS C:\> set-psReadLineOption -showToolTips:$false

Colors

It is possible to define colors for different token types in PowerShell with the -colors option which requires a hash table.

The color itself can be stated with ANSI escape sequences or the System.ConsoleColor enumeration or an ANSI escape sequence.

set-psReadLineOption -colors @{
   operator = 
      "$([char]27)[38;2;255;127;0m"    +  # forground  color: orange
      "$([char]27)[48;2;100;120;130m";    # background color: grey
   number   = 'darkGreen'            ;
   variable = [ConsoleColor]::Yellow
}

PowerShell cmdLet Set-PSReadLineOption

List of options

Set a value of an option

Boolean like options

Colors

See also