Marking it WIP as I work through the Codacy and Codefactor issues

I still think this should be an external module 😞

@Jaykul did you read the PR description above?

@iSazonov I'm ok deferring the code cleanup. However, it's a large amount of code. I'd rather focus this effort on the changes to files outside of the graphicalhost code base since that code base is from Windows PowerShell and has been working for some time. I don't want to invest in improving GraphicalHost, this is purely a parity with Windows PowerShell effort. I'd rather invest in a cross platform version of the tools over time.

@sdwheeler does Show-Command also need a new fwlink?

@SteveL-MSFT Show-Command https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2109589

Show-Command (Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility)

The Show-Command cmdlet lets you create a Windows PowerShell command in a command window. You can use the features of the command window to run the command or have it return the command to you. Show-Command is a very useful teaching and learning tool. Show-Command works on all command types, including cmdlets, functions, workflows and CIM commands. Without parameters, Show-Command displays a command window that lists all available commands in all installed modules. To find the commands in a module, select the module from the Modules drop-down list. To select a command, click the command name. To use the command window, select a command, either by using the Name or by clicking the command name in the Commands list. Each parameter set is displayed on a separate tab. Asterisks indicate the mandatory parameters. To enter values for a parameter, type the value in the text box or select the value from the drop-down box. To add a switch parameter, click to select the parameter check box. When you're ready, you can click Copy to copy the command that you've created to the clipboard or click Run to run the command. You can also use the PassThru parameter to return the command to the host program, such as the Windows PowerShell console. To cancel the command selection and return to the view that displays all commands, press Ctrl and click the selected command. In the Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE), a variation of the Show-Command window is displayed by default. For information about using this command window, see the Windows PowerShell ISE Help topics. This cmdlet was introduced in Windows PowerShell 3.0.

@SteveL-MSFT please resolve merge conflict.

Also, open a PR in the PowerShell-Native repo to add the new assembly in the trusted assemblies list:

https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell-Native/blob/d4acbd519d1c77e07abc894db42853055ef65f55/src/powershell-native/nativemsh/pwrshcommon/pwrshcommon.cpp#L684-L686

GitHub

PowerShell/PowerShell-Native

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@adityapatwardhan does it make sense to add it to trusted assemblies since it can't be used remotely?

@SteveL-MSFT merging this PR. I can confirm with @PaulHigin if the change in trusted assemblies must be made. It does not block this PR.

🎉v7.0.0-preview.6 has been released which incorporates this pull request.:tada:

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Get-Help -ShowWindow only shows the first paragraph of text for each parameter. This is a bug from Windows PowerShell that seems to have been carried over

@RichardSiddaway No plans exist to fix the old code. All new graphical cmdlets will be in https://github.com/PowerShell/GraphicalTools Also MSFT team has a plan to rewrite Help module.

GitHub

PowerShell/GraphicalTools

A module that mixes PowerShell and GUIs! - built on Avalonia - PowerShell/GraphicalTools

@RichardSiddaway, @iSazonov is correct, this is simply a straight port with no plans to invest in these tools. They are added for parity with Windows PowerShell.

That's a shame that a long standing bug has been allowed to propagate into v7

@RichardSiddaway We are not happy too. I hope there are people who will port the cmdlets. Welcome to these projects.

PowerShell/ConsoleGuiTools#29