HelpMessage parameter attribute does not dispay inside VSCode terminal

[anwather]

System Details

• Operating system name and version: Windows 10 1703

Copy / paste the below commands into the PowerShell Integrated Terminal, and paste the output here

C:\source\My-Scripts> code -v

1.12.2
19222cdc84ce72202478ba1cec5cb557b71163de
PS C:\source\My-Scripts> $pseditor.EditorServicesVersion


Major  Minor  Build  Revision
-----  -----  -----  --------
1      2      1      0


PS C:\source\My-Scripts> code --list-extensions --show-versions

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Issue Description

When using the helpmessage parameter attribute - if I call the function in the terminal without a mandatory parameter the helpmessage cannot be displayed.

Function Demo-Help  {
 [CmdletBinding()]
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true,HelpMessage="Enter a string for computer name",Position=0)]
        [string]$ComputerName
    )
}

From the terminal:

PS C:\source\My-Scripts> Demo-Help

cmdlet Demo-Help at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
ComputerName:

From the PowerShell CLI or ISE:

C:\source\My-Scripts [master ≡ +2 ~1 -0 !]> demo-help

cmdlet Demo-Help at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
(Type !? for Help.)
ComputerName:

[anwather]

ParameterHelp.txt

[pcgeek86]

@anwather This message has some serious formatting issues. Can you please fix up the Markdown?

I was able to reproduce the same behavior, where you're not prompted to use !? for parameter help.

Would need @rkeithhill to weigh in on why the Integrated Terminal doesn't behave the same way as PowerShell Console Host. Is this something to do with a "mode" that the PowerShell engine is launch in, in VSCode?

[daviwil]

Fixed the formatting. Thanks for pointing this out @anwather! Looks like this is an inconsistency in our host implementation, I'll get that fixed.

[fbtibo]

A year and a half later, and many many version later, I have the same issue here where HelpMessage work in PowerShell ISE but does'nt have effect when run from vscode with powershell extension

Shall I go back to powershell ISE to learn powershell? Is there a buggy version of powershell especially made just for vscode?

[rjmholt]

Is there a buggy version of powershell especially made just for vscode?

This feature doesn't come from PowerShell, it comes from PSReadLine.

We have an issue tracking integration of PSReadLine in #535

[SydneyhSmith]

Closing as PSReadLine is now available in the PowerShell Preview extension, tracking that PSReadLine is not available in the main PowerShell Extension here #1793