The ISE object hierarchy

The $psISE object is the root object of the Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) object hierarchy. Located at the top level, it exposes the following four objects:

$psISE.CurrentFile

$psISE. CurrentPowerShellTab

$psISE.Options

$psISE.PowerShellTabs

The $psISE.CurrentFile object makes the following objects available for scripting:

• $psISE.CurrentFile.DisplayName
  
  
• $psISE.CurrentFile.Editor The $psISE.CurrentFile.Editor object in turn makes these objects available for scripting:
  
  
  • $psISE.CurrentFile.Editor.CaretColumn
    
    
  • $psISE.CurrentFile.Editor.CaretLine
    
    
  • $psISE.CurrentFile.Editor.LineCount
    
    
  • $psISE.CurrentFile.Editor.SelectedText
    
    
  • $psISE.CurrentFile.Editor.Text
    
    
• $psISE.CurrentFile.Encoding
  
  
• $psISE.CurrentFile.FullPath
  
  
• $psISE.CurrentFile.IsSaved
  
  
• $psISE.CurrentFile.IsUntitled
  
  

The $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab object makes the following objects available for scripting:

• $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.AddOnsMenu The $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.AddOnsMenu object makes the following objects available for scripting:
  
  
  • $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.AddOnsMenu.Action
    
    
  • $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.AddOnsMenu.DisplayName
    
    
  • $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.AddOnsMenu.Shortcut
    
    
  • $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.AddOnsMenu.Submenus
    
    
• $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.CanInvoke
  
  
• $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.CommandPane The $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.CommandPane object makes the following objects available for scripting:
  
  
  • $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.CommandPane.CaretColumn
    
    
  • $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.CommandPane.CaretLine
    
    
  • $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.CommandPane.LineCount
    
    
  • $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.CommandPane.SelectedText
    
    
  • $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.CommandPane.Text
    
    
• $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.DisplayName
  
  
• $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.ExpandedScript
  
  
• $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.Files
  
  
• $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.Output The $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.Output object makes the following objects available for scripting:
  
  
  • $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.Output.CaretColumn
    
    
  • $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.Output.CaretLine
    
    
  • $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.Output.LineCount
    
    
  • $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.Output.SelectedText
    
    
  • $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.Output.Text
    
    
• $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.Prompt
  
  
• $psISE.CurrentPowerShellTab.StatusText
  
  

The $psISE.Options object makes the following objects available for scripting:

• $psISE.Options.CommandPaneBackgroundColor
  
  
• $psISE.Options.CommandPaneUp
  
  
• $psISE.Options.DebugBackgroundColor
  
  
• $psISE.Options.DebugForegroundColor
  
  
• $psISE.Options.DefaultOptions
  
  
• $psISE.Options.ErrorBackgroundColor
  
  
• $psISE.Options.ErrorForegroundColor
  
  
• $psISE.Options.FontName
  
  
• $psISE.Options.Fontsize
  
  
• $psISE.Options.OutputPaneBackgroundColor
  
  
• $psISE.Options.OutputPaneTextForegroundColor
  
  
• $psISE.Options.OutputPaneTextBackgroundColor
  
  
• $psISE.Options.ScriptPaneBackgroundColor
  
  
• $psISE.Options.ScriptPaneForegroundColor
  
  
• $psISE.Options.SelectedScriptPaneState
  
  
• $psISE.Options.ShowToolBar
  
  
• $psISE.Options.ShowWarningBeforeSavingOnRun
  
  
• $psISE.Options.ShowWarningForDuplicateFiles
  
  
• $psISE.Options.TokenColors
  
  
• $psISE.Options.UseLocalHelp
  
  
• $psISE.Options.VerboseBackgroundColor
  
  
• $psISE.Options.VerboseForegroundColor
  
  
• $psISE.Options.WarningBackgroundColor
  
  
• $psISE.Options.WarningForegroundColor
  
  

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