How can I customize powershell when running inside of the VSCode integrated terminal?

Question

I would like to include a few Powershell customizations that only occur when running inside of VSCode.

When inside of ISE or Package Management Console (inside Vis

Answer 1

VSCode sets the TERM_PROGRAM environment variable to vscode in its integrated terminal, so you can use the following test, which works whether or not the PowerShell extension is installed:

$runningInVsCode = $env:TERM_PROGRAM -eq 'vscode'

Answer 2

You could check if VSCode-specific environment variables exist:

if((Test-Path env:\VSCODE_PID) -or ($env:TERM_PROGRAM -eq 'vscode')){
  # Running from Vistual Studio Code
}

Answer 3

See also Visual Studio Code $psise equivalent

You may check for $psISE, and if it does not exist, try $context = [Microsoft.Powershell.EditorServices.Extensions.EditorContext]$psEditor.GetEditorContext() but be aware, this will throw in ISE.

I use this snippet in a lot of my scripts, so I can always reference "$root".

# Makes debugging from ISE easier.
if ($PSScriptRoot -eq "")
{
    if ($psISE)
    {
        $root = Split-Path -Parent $psISE.CurrentFile.FullPath
    }
    else
    {
        $context = $psEditor.GetEditorContext()
        $root = Split-Path -Parent $context.CurrentFile.Path
    }
}
else
{
    $root = $PSScriptRoot
}

Answer 4

You can try to check you have VSCode context. The simplest way is to test current VSCode process ID.

if ($Env:VSCODE_PID) {  }

And the ISE has own profile (https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2012/05/21/understanding-the-six-powershell-profiles/).