Is there a way to add a line break between the finished script that was ran and the next command line prompt in VSCode. In the ISE console for powershell it skips a couple lines to make it easier to read. I browsed the web looking for an answer, but I don't think I was wording my search properly. Any ideas would be helpfully.
If you read the about_prompts help file noted by Kory Gill (by running get-help about_prompts -Full) then there are lots of examples on changing the default prompt behavior.
Run (Get-Command Prompt).ScriptBlock to get the default layout. My default Prompt function:
"PS $($executionContext.SessionState.Path.CurrentLocation)$('>' * ($nestedPromptLevel + 1)) ";
# .Link
# https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=225750
# .ExternalHelp System.Management.Automation.dll-help.xml
To add two line breaks after previous code output, run this:
Function Prompt {
"
PS $($executionContext.SessionState.Path.CurrentLocation)$('>' * ($nestedPromptLevel + 1)) ";
# .Link
# https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=225750
# .ExternalHelp System.Management.Automation.dll-help.xml
}
To have these settings persist, you need to add the modified function to your PowerShell profile.
Copy the above code (or what you come up with to your liking) and add that to your profile script in C:\Users\User\Documents\WindowsPowershell\Profile.ps1 as documented in about_Profiles. This will make the desired prompt behavior persist, and will also apply in the embedded PowerShell terminal in vscode. These are the documented profile script locations in about_Profiles:
Description Path
----------- ----
Current User, Current Host $Home\[My ]Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Profile.ps1
Current User, All Hosts $Home\[My ]Documents\Profile.ps1
All Users, Current Host $PsHome\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1
All Users, All Hosts $PsHome\Profile.ps1
Run help about_Profiles -Full to learn more about profiles.