Format-List: sort properties by name

Question

Is it possible to sort the output of the Format-List cmdlet by property name?
Suppose that I have an object $x with two properties \"A\" and \"B\", and when I run Format

Answer 1

This seems to work OK (edited so it accepts pipeline input):

function Format-SortedList
{
    param (
        [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true)]
        [Object]$InputObject,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)]
        [Switch]$Descending
    )

    process
    {
        $properties = $InputObject | Get-Member -MemberType Properties

        if ($Descending) {
            $properties = $properties | Sort-Object -Property Name -Descending
        }

        $longestName = 0
        $longestValue = 0

        $properties | ForEach-Object {
            if ($_.Name.Length -gt $longestName) {
                $longestName = $_.Name.Length
            }

            if ($InputObject."$($_.Name)".ToString().Length -gt $longestValue) {
                $longestValue = $InputObject."$($_.Name)".ToString().Length * -1
            }
        }

        Write-Host ([Environment]::NewLine)

        $properties | ForEach-Object { 
            Write-Host ("{0,$longestName} : {1,$longestValue}" -f $_.Name, $InputObject."$($_.Name)".ToString())
        }
    }
}

$Host, $MyInvocation | Format-SortedList
$Host, $MyInvocation | Format-SortedList -Descending