PoshConsole Wiki & Documentation Rss Feed

New Comment on "Quake Mode"

Hades32 — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:12:24 GMT

Opacity setting doesn't seem to work...

Updated Wiki: Home

Jaykul — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:36:12 GMT

Project Description

PoshConsole is a modern graphical PowerShell Console. We aim to have a complete open source implementation of the PSHostUserInterface and PSRawHostUserInterface written in WPF and including a custom ConsoleControl which can be reused for other purposes.

Full Size Image

Features

The first rich, graphical, interactive console.
The only PowerShell console with Quake Mode!
Multi-line input prompt inline the way consoles should be.
Each sequence of prompt, command, output are paired into a logical unit -- a RichTextBox Paragraph.

Triple-Click to select a whole sequence.
Hold Control while pressing the Up or Down arrows to navigate the history one sequence at a time.
Invoking copy without selecting text will automatically select (and copy) the previous sequence, and pressing it repeatedly will select successively more sequences.

Boatloads of configurable settings are available in the $Host.PrivateData.Settings variable.

Autohide upon losing focus.
Animation on hiding.
Custom colors for each output pipe, and for every console color

Integrated graphical Progress display ...

Technical

Written entirely in C# using WPF for the UI, Event Handling, etc.
Based on ConsoleControl, a WPF rich-text control for interactive consoles capable of embedding images and controls, etc.

Many things left to do:

PSHostRawUserInterface.GetBufferContents and PSHostRawUserInterface.SetBufferContents are still not quite right.
PSHostRawUserInterface.ScrollBufferContents is not implemented at all
There's no proper input buffering (for keystrokes)
PSHostRawUserInterface.KeyAvailable is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.ReadKey is not implemented
PSHostUserInterface.ReadLineAsSecureString is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.PromptForCredential is not implemented
TabComplete still needs work (does not yet complete paths at all)

Updated Wiki: ScreenShots

Jaykul — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:06:01 GMT

Updated Wiki: Home

Jaykul — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:56:48 GMT

Project Description

PoshConsole is a more modern PowerShell Console. We aim to have a complete open source implementation of the PSHostUserInterface and PSRawHostUserInterface written in WPF and including a custom ConsoleTextBox control which could be reused for other purposes.

Of course, our PowerShell Console will also include lots of powerful features like enhanced tab-completion and keyboard navigation,

PoshConsole will also take advantage of WPF features to make it the prettiest console out there! It is already the only PowerShell Console with a Quake-like mode where the main window snaps to the top of the screen and slides down when a hotkey is pressed, and hides when it loses focus. It has separate options for setting the window's opacity, always on top, and show in taskbar ... and has fully configurable colors.

We're committed to making most of these things optional, with choices available as settings -- including the hotkeys (emacs mode, anyone?), colors, etc. Currently, they are available via $Host.PrivateData.Settings, but eventually there will be a custom configuration panel.

Full Size Image

Features

The first rich, graphical, interactive console.
The only PowerShell console with Quake Mode!
Multi-line input prompt inline the way consoles should be.
Each sequence of prompt, command, output are paired into a logical unit -- a RichTextBox Paragraph.

Triple-Click to select a whole sequence.
Hold Control while pressing the Up or Down arrows to navigate the history one sequence at a time.
Invoking copy without selecting text will automatically select (and copy) the previous sequence, and pressing it repeatedly will select successively more sequences.

Boatloads of configurable settings are available in the $Host.PrivateData.Settings variable.

Autohide upon losing focus.
Animation on hiding.
Custom colors for each output pipe, and for every console color

Integrated graphical Progress display ...

Technical

Written entirely in C# using WPF for the UI, Event Handling, etc.
Based on ConsoleControl, a WPF rich-text control for interactive consoles capable of embedding images and controls, etc.

Many things left to do:

PSHostRawUserInterface.GetBufferContents and PSHostRawUserInterface.SetBufferContents are still not quite right.
PSHostRawUserInterface.ScrollBufferContents is not implemented at all
There's no proper input buffering (for keystrokes)
PSHostRawUserInterface.KeyAvailable is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.ReadKey is not implemented
PSHostUserInterface.ReadLineAsSecureString is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.PromptForCredential is not implemented
TabComplete still needs work (does not yet complete paths at all)

Updated Wiki: Home

Jaykul — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:56:06 GMT

Project Description

Features

The first rich, graphical, interactive console.
The only PowerShell console with Quake Mode!
Multi-line input prompt inline the way consoles should be.
Each sequence of prompt, command, output are paired into a logical unit -- a RichTextBox Paragraph.

Triple-Click to select a whole sequence.
Hold Control while pressing the Up or Down arrows to navigate the history one sequence at a time.
Invoking copy without selecting text will automatically select (and copy) the previous sequence, and pressing it repeatedly will select successively more sequences.

Boatloads of configurable settings are available in the $Host.PrivateData.Settings variable.

Autohide upon losing focus.
Animation on hiding.
Custom colors for each output pipe, and for every console color

Integrated graphical Progress display ...

Technical

Written entirely in C# using WPF for the UI, Event Handling, etc.
Based on ConsoleControl, a WPF rich-text control for interactive consoles capable of embedding images and controls, etc.

Many things left to do:

PSHostRawUserInterface.GetBufferContents and PSHostRawUserInterface.SetBufferContents are still not quite right.
PSHostRawUserInterface.ScrollBufferContents is not implemented at all
There's no proper input buffering (for keystrokes)
PSHostRawUserInterface.KeyAvailable is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.ReadKey is not implemented
PSHostUserInterface.ReadLineAsSecureString is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.PromptForCredential is not implemented
TabComplete still needs work (does not yet complete paths at all)

Updated Wiki: Home

Jaykul — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:55:29 GMT

Project Description

Features

The first rich, graphical, interactive console.
The only PowerShell console with Quake Mode!
Multi-line input prompt inline the way consoles should be.
Each sequence of prompt, command, output are paired into a logical unit -- a RichTextBox Paragraph.

Triple-Click to select a whole sequence.
Hold Control while pressing the Up or Down arrows to navigate the history one sequence at a time.
Invoking copy without selecting text will automatically select (and copy) the previous sequence, and pressing it repeatedly will select successively more sequences.

Boatloads of configurable settings are available in the $Host.PrivateData.Settings variable.

Autohide upon losing focus.
Animation on hiding.
Custom colors for each output pipe, and for every console color

Integrated graphical Progress display ...

Technical

Written entirely in C# using WPF for the UI, Event Handling, etc.
Based on ConsoleControl, a WPF rich-text control for interactive consoles capable of embedding images and controls, etc.

Many things left to do:

PSHostRawUserInterface.GetBufferContents and PSHostRawUserInterface.SetBufferContents are still not quite right.
PSHostRawUserInterface.ScrollBufferContents is not implemented at all
There's no proper input buffering (for keystrokes)
PSHostRawUserInterface.KeyAvailable is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.ReadKey is not implemented
PSHostUserInterface.ReadLineAsSecureString is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.PromptForCredential is not implemented
TabComplete still needs work (does not yet complete paths at all)

Updated Wiki: ScreenShots

Jaykul — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:37:48 GMT

Cannot resolve link: [image:PoshConsole.jpg]

Updated Wiki: PoshConsole Profile

Jaykul — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 04:42:46 GMT

PoshConsole Profile Scripts

The first thing you need to know is that PoshConsole has support for an exit script in addition to the regular profile script (which is executed at startup). It also has support for PoshConsole-specific profile scripts. The full list of profile scripts is included below.

Sample Profiles

 
# PoshConsole_profile.ps1     The PoshConsole startup profile
################################################################################
if (Test-path ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv) {
  # Load the stored history from the csv file  back into PowerShell's history,  ... and into PoshConsole's up-arrow/down-arrow history!
  Import-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv | Add-History -passthru | % { $Host.PrivateData.History.Add( $_.CommandLine ) }
}
 
# Set up some scripts for quickly changing the window mode ...
# Enter Quake Mode
Function PoshQuakeMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 0.8
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "0,0,0,5"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/3
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "Black"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.FocusKey = "Win+OemTilde"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $false
 
  $global:quake = $true;
}
 
# Exit Quake Mode
Function PoshNormalMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 1.0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "2,10,2,2"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/2
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (2/3)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight / 4
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (1/6)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "DarkBlue"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $true
 
  $global:quake = $false;
}
 
# Toggle Quake Mode
Function Quake {
  if( $global:quake ) { PoshNormalMode } else{ PoshQuakeMode }
}

 
# PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1      The PoshConsole Exit Script
################################################################################
# Dump the last 100 commands into a csv file for importing at our next startup
Get-History -Count 100 | Export-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv

Profile List

Note that the paths listed are typical paths, but may not be the same as the paths on your system. The folder "C:\Windows\System32\" is actually whatever folder is returned in PowerShell by executing [Environment]::SystemDirectory and the folder "C:\Users\Joel\Documents\" is actually whatever folder is returned by [Environment]::GetFolderPath( "MyDocuments" )

All Profile scripts are optional (and the names are not case sensitive), but will always be executed if they are present. A future option is planned for skipping profile loading.

Startup Profiles

We first call the system-wide PowerShell profile, and then the system-wide PoshConsole profile, followed by the user's PowerShell profile and lastly, the user's PoshConsole profile:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PoshConsole_profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\PoshConsole_profile.ps1

Exit Profiles

The exit profiles are exactly the same as the startup profiles, with the exception that they have "_exit" on the end of the file name:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile_exit.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile_exit.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1

Updated Wiki: PoshConsole Profile

Jaykul — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:21:06 GMT

PoshConsole Profile Scripts

Sample Profiles

 
# Huddled.PoshConsole_profile.ps1     The PoshConsole startup profile
################################################################################
if (Test-path ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv) {
  # Load the stored history from the csv file  back into PowerShell's history,  ... and into PoshConsole's up-arrow/down-arrow history!
  Import-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv | Add-History -passthru | % { $Host.PrivateData.History.Add( $_.CommandLine ) }
}
 
# Set up some scripts for quickly changing the window mode ...
# Enter Quake Mode
Function PoshQuakeMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 0.8
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "0,0,0,5"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/3
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "Black"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.FocusKey = "Win+OemTilde"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $false
 
  $global:quake = $true;
}
 
# Exit Quake Mode
Function PoshNormalMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 1.0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "2,10,2,2"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/2
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (2/3)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight / 4
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (1/6)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "DarkBlue"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $true
 
  $global:quake = $false;
}
 
# Toggle Quake Mode
Function Quake {
  if( $global:quake ) { PoshNormalMode } else{ PoshQuakeMode }
}

 
# Huddled.PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1      The PoshConsole Exit Script
################################################################################
# Dump the last 100 commands into a csv file for importing at our next startup
Get-History -Count 100 | Export-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv

Profile List

Startup Profiles

We first call the system-wide PowerShell profile, and then the system-wide PoshConsole profile, followed by the user's PowerShell profile and lastly, the user's PoshConsole profile:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PoshConsole_profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\PoshConsole_profile.ps1

Exit Profiles

The exit profiles are exactly the same as the startup profiles, with the exception that they have "_exit" on the end of the file name:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile_exit.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile_exit.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1

Updated Wiki: PoshConsole Profile

Jaykul — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:20:37 GMT

PoshConsole Profile Scripts

Sample Profiles

 
# Huddled.PoshConsole_profile.ps1     The PoshConsole startup profile
################################################################################
if (Test-path ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv) {
  # Load the stored history from the csv file  back into PowerShell's history,  ... and into PoshConsole's up-arrow/down-arrow history!
  Import-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv | Add-History -passthru | % { $Host.PrivateData.History.Add( $_.CommandLine ) }
}
 
# Set up some scripts for quickly changing the window mode ...
# Enter Quake Mode
Function PoshQuakeMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 0.8
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "0,0,0,5"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/3
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "Black"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.FocusKey = "Win+OemTilde"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $false
 
  $global:quake = $true;
}
 
# Exit Quake Mode
Function PoshNormalMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 1.0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "2,10,2,2"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/2
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (2/3)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight / 4
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (1/6)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "DarkBlue"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $true
 
  $global:quake = $false;
}
 
# Toggle Quake Mode
Function Quake {
  if( $global:quake ) { PoshNormalMode } else{ PoshQuakeMode }
}

 
# Huddled.PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1      The PoshConsole Exit Script
################################################################################
# Dump the last 100 commands into a csv file for importing at our next startup
Get-History -Count 100 | Export-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv

Profile List

Startup Profiles

We first call the system-wide PowerShell profile, and then the system-wide PoshConsole profile, followed by the user's PowerShell profile and lastly, the user's PoshConsole profile:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PoshConsole_profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\PoshConsole_profile.ps1

Exit Profiles

The exit profiles are exactly the same as the startup profiles, with the exception that they have "_exit" on the end of the file name:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile_exit.ps1
{C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PoshConsoleprofileexit.ps1}
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile_exit.ps1
{C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\PoshConsoleprofileexit.ps1}

UPDATED WIKI: StartupBanner

Jaykul — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 15:37:45 GMT

Note: this only applies to the 2007.8150 release and later.

The StartupBanner is provided by the StartupBanner.xaml file which is a "simple" text xaml file you can edit in Notepad (or the xml editor of your choice). One good option is to edit it in XamlPad or XamlPadX or even Kaxaml ...

UPDATED WIKI: configurable settings

Jaykul — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:23:38 GMT

Available Settings

These are the settings available in PoshConsole, along with their default values and some explanations. Many of these settings are enumerations, as with other things in PowerShell you can simply type a bad value, like an empty string, to get a list of possible values.

Window Style Settings

WindowStyle : SingleBorderWindow
ScrollBarVisibility : Auto
ShowInTaskbar : True
AlwaysOnTop : False
Opacity : 1 This is a percentage, so the values go from 0 to 1, but anything under 0.4 is probably too transparent for use anyway.

StartupBanner : True

FontFamily : Consolas, Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, Lucida Console, Courier New, Global Monospace This should be a list of fonts, and should always end with "Global Monospace"
FontSize : 12

You can set the window position (I don't know why you'd want to move the window around in a script, but hey)

WindowHeight : 596
WindowLeft : 1620
WindowWidth : 700
WindowTop : 0

These border settings are only used when the WindowStyle is set to None

BorderColorTopLeft : #CC0C355B
BorderColorBottomRight : #FF104C85
BorderThickness : 4,8,4,4

Window Behavior

SnapToScreenEdge : True
SnapDistance : 20 The number of pixels from the edge where the window will snap to the screen edge

Animate : True The window can slide up and down when it's hiding (either for AutoHide or when you press the FocusKey)
AutoHide : False The window can hide automatically when it looses focus

FocusKey : WIN + Oemtilde The hotkey, like MODIFIER + [MODIFIER + MODIFIER + ] KEY

CopyOnMouseSelect : True True to automatically copy text when the mouse is used to select it
HistoryMenuFilterDupes : False True to only show each command once in the history menu
TabCompleteMenuThreshold : 2 There have to be more than this many item in tab completion to trigger the menu

Colors

These are the actual colors for the various named colors that PowerShell scripts will use. They're defined in hexadecimal in Alpha, Red, Green Blue, like: #AARRGGBB.

ConsoleBlack : #FF000000
ConsoleBlue : #FF0066FF
ConsoleCyan : #FF99CCFF
ConsoleDarkBlue : #FF003399
ConsoleDarkCyan : #FF006699
ConsoleDarkGray : #FF666666
ConsoleDarkGreen : #FF006633
ConsoleDarkMagenta : #FF800080
ConsoleDarkRed : #FF800000
ConsoleDarkYellow : #FFFF9900
ConsoleGray : #FFCCCCCC
ConsoleGreen : #FF66CC00
ConsoleMagenta : #FFFF1493
ConsoleRed : #FFFF0000
ConsoleWhite : #FFFFFFFF
ConsoleYellow : #FFFFD700

These are the default foreground and background colors: use the names!

ConsoleDefaultForeground : White
ConsoleDefaultBackground : Black

UPDATED WIKI: configurable settings

Jaykul — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:22:26 GMT

Available Settings

Window Style Settings

WindowStyle : SingleBorderWindow
ScrollBarVisibility : Auto
ShowInTaskbar : True
AlwaysOnTop : False
Opacity : 1 This is a percentage, so the values go from 0 to 1, but anything under 0.4 is probably too transparent for use anyway.

StartupBanner : True

FontFamily : Consolas, Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, Lucida Console, Courier New, Global Monospace This should be a list of fonts, and should always end with "Global Monospace"
FontSize : 12

You can set the window position (I don't know why you'd want to move the window around in a script, but hey)

WindowHeight : 596
WindowLeft : 1620
WindowWidth : 700
WindowTop : 0

These border settings are only used when the WindowStyle is set to None

BorderColorTopLeft : #CC0C355B
BorderColorBottomRight : #FF104C85
BorderThickness : 4,8,4,4

Window Behavior

SnapToScreenEdge : True
SnapDistance : 20 The number of pixels from the edge where the window will snap to the screen edge

Animate : True The window can slide up and down when it's hiding (either for AutoHide or when you press the FocusKey)
AutoHide : False The window can hide automatically when it looses focus

FocusKey : WIN + Oemtilde The hotkey, like MODIFIER + [MODIFIER + MODIFIER + ] KEY

CopyOnMouseSelect : True True to automatically copy text when the mouse is used to select it
HistoryMenuFilterDupes : False True to only show each command once in the history menu
TabCompleteMenuThreshold : 2 There have to be more than this many item in tab completion to trigger the menu

Colors

These are the actual colors for the various named colors that PowerShell scripts will use. They're defined in hexadecimal in Alpha, Red, Green Blue, like: #AARRGGBB.

ConsoleBlack : #FF000000
ConsoleBlue : #FF0066FF
ConsoleCyan : #FF99CCFF
ConsoleDarkBlue : #FF003399
ConsoleDarkCyan : #FF006699
ConsoleDarkGray : #FF666666
ConsoleDarkGreen : #FF006633
ConsoleDarkMagenta : #FF800080
ConsoleDarkRed : #FF800000
ConsoleDarkYellow : #FFFF9900
ConsoleGray : #FFCCCCCC
ConsoleGreen : #FF66CC00
ConsoleMagenta : #FFFF1493
ConsoleRed : #FFFF0000
ConsoleWhite : #FFFFFFFF
ConsoleYellow : #FFFFD700

These are the default foreground and background colors: use the names!

ConsoleDefaultForeground : White
ConsoleDefaultBackground : Black

UPDATED WIKI: configurable settings

Jaykul — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:22:02 GMT

Available Settings

Window Style Settings

WindowStyle : SingleBorderWindow
ScrollBarVisibility : Auto
ShowInTaskbar : True
AlwaysOnTop : False
Opacity : 1 This is a percentage, so the values go from 0 to 1, but anything under 0.4 is probably too transparent for use anyway.

StartupBanner : True

FontFamily : Consolas, Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, Lucida Console, Courier New, Global Monospace This should be a list of fonts, and should always end with "Global Monospace"
FontSize : 12

You can set the window position (I don't know why you'd want to move the window around in a script, but hey)

WindowHeight : 596
WindowLeft : 1620
WindowWidth : 700
WindowTop : 0

These border settings are only used when the WindowStyle is set to None

BorderColorTopLeft : #CC0C355B
BorderColorBottomRight : #FF104C85
BorderThickness : 4,8,4,4

Window Behavior

SnapToScreenEdge : True
SnapDistance : 20 The number of pixels from the edge where the window will snap to the screen edge

Animate : True The window can slide up and down when it's hiding (either for AutoHide or when you press the FocusKey)
AutoHide : False The window can hide automatically when it looses focus

FocusKey : WIN + Oemtilde _The hotkey, like MODIFIER + [MODIFIER + MODIFIER + ] KEY

CopyOnMouseSelect : True True to automatically copy text when the mouse is used to select it
HistoryMenuFilterDupes : False True to only show each command once in the history menu
TabCompleteMenuThreshold : 2 There have to be more than this many item in tab completion to trigger the menu

Colors

These are the actual colors for the various named colors that PowerShell scripts will use. They're defined in hexadecimal in Alpha, Red, Green Blue, like: #AARRGGBB.

ConsoleBlack : #FF000000
ConsoleBlue : #FF0066FF
ConsoleCyan : #FF99CCFF
ConsoleDarkBlue : #FF003399
ConsoleDarkCyan : #FF006699
ConsoleDarkGray : #FF666666
ConsoleDarkGreen : #FF006633
ConsoleDarkMagenta : #FF800080
ConsoleDarkRed : #FF800000
ConsoleDarkYellow : #FFFF9900
ConsoleGray : #FFCCCCCC
ConsoleGreen : #FF66CC00
ConsoleMagenta : #FFFF1493
ConsoleRed : #FFFF0000
ConsoleWhite : #FFFFFFFF
ConsoleYellow : #FFFFD700

These are the default foreground and background colors: use the names!

ConsoleDefaultForeground : White
ConsoleDefaultBackground : Black

UPDATED WIKI: configurable settings

Jaykul — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 04:20:55 GMT

Available Settings

Window Style Settings

WindowStyle : SingleBorderWindow
ScrollBarVisibility : Auto
ShowInTaskbar : True
AlwaysOnTop : False
Opacity : 1 This is a percentage, so the values go from 0 to 1, but anything under 0.4 is probably too transparent for use anyway.

StartupBanner : True

FontFamily : Consolas, Bitstream Vera Sans Mono, Lucida Console, Courier New, Global Monospace This should be a list of fonts, and should always end with "Global Monospace"
FontSize : 12

You can set the window position (I don't know why you'd want to move the window around in a script, but hey)

WindowHeight : 596
WindowLeft : 1620
WindowWidth : 700
WindowTop : 0

These border settings are only used when the WindowStyle is set to None

BorderColorTopLeft : #CC0C355B
BorderColorBottomRight : #FF104C85
BorderThickness : 4,8,4,4

Window Behavior

SnapToScreenEdge : True
SnapDistance : 20 The number of pixels from the edge where the window will snap to the screen edge

Animate : True The window can slide up and down when it's hiding (either for AutoHide or when you press the FocusKey)
AutoHide : False The window can hide automatically when it looses focus

FocusKey : WIN + Oemtilde _The hotkey, like MODIFIER + MODIFIER MODIFIER KEY

CopyOnMouseSelect : True True to automatically copy text when the mouse is used to select it
HistoryMenuFilterDupes : False True to only show each command once in the history menu
TabCompleteMenuThreshold : 2 There have to be more than this many item in tab completion to trigger the menu

Colors

These are the actual colors for the various named colors that PowerShell scripts will use. They're defined in hexadecimal in Alpha, Red, Green Blue, like: #AARRGGBB.

ConsoleBlack : #FF000000
ConsoleBlue : #FF0066FF
ConsoleCyan : #FF99CCFF
ConsoleDarkBlue : #FF003399
ConsoleDarkCyan : #FF006699
ConsoleDarkGray : #FF666666
ConsoleDarkGreen : #FF006633
ConsoleDarkMagenta : #FF800080
ConsoleDarkRed : #FF800000
ConsoleDarkYellow : #FFFF9900
ConsoleGray : #FFCCCCCC
ConsoleGreen : #FF66CC00
ConsoleMagenta : #FFFF1493
ConsoleRed : #FFFF0000
ConsoleWhite : #FFFFFFFF
ConsoleYellow : #FFFFD700

These are the default foreground and background colors: use the names!

ConsoleDefaultForeground : White
ConsoleDefaultBackground : Black

UPDATED WIKI: PoshConsole Profile

Jaykul — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:47:33 GMT

PoshConsole Profile Scripts

Sample Profiles

 
# Huddled.PoshConsole_profile.ps1     The PoshConsole startup profile
################################################################################
if (Test-path ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv) {
  # Load the stored history from the csv file  back into PowerShell's history,  ... and into PoshConsole's up-arrow/down-arrow history!
  Import-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv | Add-History -passthru | % { $Host.PrivateData.History.Add( $_.CommandLine ) }
}
 
# Set up some scripts for quickly changing the window mode ...
# Enter Quake Mode
Function PoshQuakeMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 0.8
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "0,0,0,5"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/3
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "Black"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.FocusKey = "Win+OemTilde"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $false
 
  $global:quake = $true;
}
 
# Exit Quake Mode
Function PoshNormalMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 1.0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "2,10,2,2"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/2
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (2/3)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight / 4
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (1/6)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "DarkBlue"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $true
 
  $global:quake = $false;
}
 
# Toggle Quake Mode
Function Quake {
  if( $global:quake ) { PoshNormalMode } else{ PoshQuakeMode }
}

 
# Huddled.PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1      The PoshConsole Exit Script
################################################################################
# Dump the last 100 commands into a csv file for importing at our next startup
Get-History -Count 100 | Export-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv

Profile List

Startup Profiles

We first call the system-wide PowerShell profile, and then the system-wide PoshConsole profile, followed by the user's PowerShell profile and lastly, the user's PoshConsole profile:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Huddled.PoshConsole_profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Huddled.PoshConsole_profile.ps1

Exit Profiles

The exit profiles are exactly the same as the startup profiles, with the exception that they have "_exit" on the end of the file name:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile_exit.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Huddled.PoshConsoleprofileexit.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile_exit.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Huddled.PoshConsoleprofileexit.ps1

UPDATED WIKI: PoshConsole Profile

Jaykul — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:46:53 GMT

PoshConsole Profile Scripts

Sample Profiles

 
# Huddled.PoshConsole_profile.ps1     The PoshConsole startup profile
################################################################################
if (Test-path ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv) {
  # Load the stored history from the csv file  back into PowerShell's history,  ... and into PoshConsole's up-arrow/down-arrow history!
  Import-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv | Add-History -passthru | % { $Host.PrivateData.History.Add( $_.CommandLine ) }
}
 
# Set up some scripts for quickly changing the window mode ...
# Enter Quake Mode
Function PoshQuakeMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 0.8
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "0,0,0,5"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/3
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "Black"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.FocusKey = "Win+OemTilde"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $false
 
  $global:quake = $true;
}
 
# Exit Quake Mode
Function PoshNormalMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 1.0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "2,10,2,2"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/2
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (2/3)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight / 4
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (1/6)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "DarkBlue"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $true
 
  $global:quake = $false;
}
 
# Toggle Quake Mode
Function Quake {
  if( $global:quake ) { PoshNormalMode } else{ PoshQuakeMode }
}

 
# Huddled.PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1      The PoshConsole Exit Script
################################################################################
# Dump the last 100 commands into a csv file for importing at our next startup
Get-History -Count 100 | Export-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv

Profile List

Note that the paths listed are typical paths, but may not be the same as the paths on your system. The folder "C:\Windows\System32\" is actually whatever folder is returned in PowerShell by executing [Environment]::SystemDirectory ]] and the folder "C:\Users\Joel\Documents\" is actually whatever folder is returned by [Environment]::GetFolderPath( "MyDocuments" )

All Profile scripts are optional (and the names are not case sensitive), but will always be executed if they are present. A future option is planned for skipping profile loading.

Startup Profiles

We first call the system-wide PowerShell profile, and then the system-wide PoshConsole profile, followed by the user's PowerShell profile and lastly, the user's PoshConsole profile:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Huddled.PoshConsole_profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Huddled.PoshConsole_profile.ps1

Exit Profiles

The exit profiles are exactly the same as the startup profiles, with the exception that they have "_exit" on the end of the file name:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile_exit.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Huddled.PoshConsoleprofileexit.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile_exit.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Huddled.PoshConsoleprofileexit.ps1

UPDATED WIKI: PoshConsole Profile

Jaykul — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:46:05 GMT

PoshConsole Profile Scripts

Sample Profiles

 
# Huddled.PoshConsole_profile.ps1     The PoshConsole startup profile
################################################################################
if (Test-path ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv) {
  # Load the stored history from the csv file  back into PowerShell's history,  ... and into PoshConsole's up-arrow/down-arrow history!
  Import-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv | Add-History -passthru | % { $Host.PrivateData.History.Add( $_.CommandLine ) }
}
 
# Set up some scripts for quickly changing the window mode ...
# Enter Quake Mode
Function PoshQuakeMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 0.8
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "0,0,0,5"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/3
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = 0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "Black"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.FocusKey = "Win+OemTilde"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $false
 
  $global:quake = $true;
}
 
# Exit Quake Mode
Function PoshNormalMode {
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $false
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 1.0
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "2,10,2,2"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/2
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (2/3)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight / 4
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (1/6)
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "DarkBlue"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
  $Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $true
 
  $global:quake = $false;
}
 
# Toggle Quake Mode
Function Quake {
  if( $global:quake ) { PoshNormalMode } else{ PoshQuakeMode }
}

 
# Huddled.PoshConsole_profile_exit.ps1      The PoshConsole Exit Script
################################################################################
# Dump the last 100 commands into a csv file for importing at our next startup
Get-History -Count 100 | Export-Csv ~\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\CmdHistory.csv

Profile List

Note that the paths listed are typical paths, but may not be the same as the paths on your system. The folder "C:\Windows\System32\" is actually whatever folder is returned in PowerShell by executing [Environment]::SystemDirectory ]] and the folder "C:\Users\Joel\Documents\" is actually whatever folder is returned by {{ [Environment]::GetFolderPath( "MyDocuments" )

All Profile scripts are optional (and the names are not case sensitive), but will always be executed if they are present. A future option is planned for skipping profile loading.

Startup Profiles

We first call the system-wide PowerShell profile, and then the system-wide PoshConsole profile, followed by the user's PowerShell profile and lastly, the user's PoshConsole profile:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Huddled.PoshConsole_profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Huddled.PoshConsole_profile.ps1

Exit Profiles

The exit profiles are exactly the same as the startup profiles, with the exception that they have "_exit" on the end of the file name:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile_exit.ps1
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Huddled.PoshConsoleprofileexit.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\profile_exit.ps1
C:\Users\Joel\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Huddled.PoshConsoleprofileexit.ps1

UPDATED WIKI: Quake Mode

Jaykul — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:01:53 GMT

QuakeMode

Try running this in your console:

$Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $false
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $true
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $true
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 0.8
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "0,0,0,5"
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/3
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = 0
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = 0
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "Black"
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.FocusKey = "Win+OemTilde"
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $false

If you don't like it hiding on you automatically you can set $Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $false , and if you're on a weird laptop keyboard you might want to set $Host.PrivateData.Settings.FocusKey = "Ctrl+Alt+P" or something else that's easier to type. If you find you're having a hard time remembering your FocusKey you should leave the window in the taskbar $Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $true or disable the animation so it's always visible (for Alt+Tabbing to it) $Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $false

Full Size Image (Does anyone know how to make a thumbnail image that's a link to the full image in this crazy incomplete wiki markup)?

Normal Mode

If you want to switch back to something like the normal window, you could try this:

 
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.ShowInTaskbar = $true
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.AutoHide = $false
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.AlwaysOnTop = $false
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.Animate = $true
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.Opacity = 1.0
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderThickness = "2,10,2,2"
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorBottomRight = "Red"
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.BorderColorTopLeft = "#CCFF3300"
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowHeight = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight/2
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowWidth = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (2/3)
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowTop = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenHeight / 4
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.WindowLeft = $Host.PrivateData.FullPrimaryScreenWidth * (1/6)
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultBackground = "DarkBlue"
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.ConsoleDefaultForeground = "White"
$Host.PrivateData.Settings.StartupBanner = $true

Incidentally, in case you're new to PowerShell, check out the PoshConsole Profile page to see how you can have all of that as simple functions so you can toggle between them by just calling Quake.

UPDATED WIKI: Home

Jaykul — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:32:15 GMT

Project Description

PoshConsole is a more modern PowerShell Console. We aim to have a complete open source implementation of the PSHostUserInterface and PSRawHostUserInterface written in WPF and including a custom ConsoleTextBox control which could be reused for other purposes.

Of course, our PowerShell Console will also include lots of powerful features like enhanced tab-completion and keyboard navigation,

PoshConsole will also take advantage of WPF features to make it the prettiest console out there! It is already the only PowerShell Console with a Quake-like mode where the main window snaps to the top of the screen and slides down when a hotkey is pressed, and hides when it looses focus. It has separate options for setting the window's opacity, always on top, and show in taskbar ... and has fully configurable colors.

We're committed to making most of these things optional, with choices available as settings -- including the hotkeys (emacs mode, anyone?), colors, etc. Currently, they are available via $Host.PrivateData.Settings, but eventually there will be a custom configuration panel.

Full Size Image

Features

All of the configurable settings are available in the $Host.PrivateData.Settings variable.
Each sequence of prompt, command, output are paired into a logical unit -- a RichTextBox Paragraph.
Triple-Click to select a whole sequence.
Hold Control while pressing the Up or Down arrows to navigate a sequence at a time.
Pressing Ctrl+C without selecting text will automatically select (and copy) the previous sequence, and pressing it repeatedly will select successively more sequences.
Options for:

Autohide upon losing focus.
Animation on hiding.

Quake Mode
Nice GUI for Write-Progress ...

Technical

Written entirely in C# using WPF for the UI, Event Handling, etc.
Based on ConsoleTextBox, a control I created based on the WPF RichTextBox.

Many things left to do:

PSHostRawUserInterface.GetBufferContents and PSHostRawUserInterface.SetBufferContents are still not quite right.
PSHostRawUserInterface.ScrollBufferContents is not implemented at all
There's no proper input buffering (for keystrokes)
PSHostRawUserInterface.KeyAvailable is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.ReadKey is not implemented
PSHostUserInterface.ReadLineAsSecureString is not implemented
PSHostRawUserInterface.PromptForCredential is not implemented
TabComplete still needs work (does not yet complete paths at all)