Prerequisites
Summary
When having both powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceBetweenParameters and powershell.codeFormatting.alignPropertyValuePairs enabled in the extension settings, the editor UI will always show the warning for one or the other. So multi-line hashtable assignments always have a yellow warning line under all of the key-value pairs, except the one that has the longest key-string.
In PSScriptAnalyzer, there is an option in the arguments for each of the two rules:
for PSAlightAssignmentStatement, there's CheckHashtable
for PSUseConsistentWhitespace there's IgnoreAssignmentOperatorInsideHashTable
If both of these respective options are enabled, the hashtable assignments receive no warnings when the = operators are aligned and there's only 1 space after.
The PowerShell VSCode extension should either detect when the two settings are enabled and enable the respective arguments automatically or offer the option to enable or disable the respective arguments if the settings are enabled so that multi-line hashtable assignments don't always receive warnings.
PowerShell Version
Name Value
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PSVersion 7.6.6
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.6.6
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.26100
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.4
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
Name : ConsoleHost
Version : 7.6.6
InstanceId : d8f39d3e-72c7-47bd-87fd-71c8a5f05138
UI : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface
CurrentCulture : en-US
CurrentUICulture : en-US
PrivateData : Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost+ConsoleColorProxy
DebuggerEnabled : True
IsRunspacePushed : False
Runspace : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspaceVisual Studio Code Version
1.137.0
645f29cc3176500b4b5762ba887cf2a7f0ffdf2c
x64
Extension Version
ms-vscode.powershell@2025.4.0
Steps to Reproduce
In VSCode Settings, enable both powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceBetweenParameters and powershell.codeFormatting.alignPropertyValuePairs, then create a simple hashtable with multiple key-value pairs that have different legths of key-strings.
With Alignment:
$myHashtable = @{
KeyOne = 'item' # <- Warning: Use space before and after binary and assignment operators.
Key2 = $aVariable # <- Warning: Use space before and after binary and assignment operators.
KeyThree = 'ThirdValue' # <- No warning
KeyFour = $otherVariable # <- Warning: Use space before and after binary and assignment operators.
}
return @{
Item1 = $false # <- Warning: Use space before and after binary and assignment operators.
ItemTwo = 2 # <- Warning: Use space before and after binary and assignment operators.
ItemThree = $true # <- No warning
}
Without Alignment:
$myHashtable = @{
KeyOne = 'item' # <- Warning: Assignment statements are not aligned.
Key2 = $aVariable # <- Warning: Assignment statements are not aligned.
KeyThree = 'ThirdValue' # <- No warning
KeyFour = $otherVariable # <- Warning: Assignment statements are not aligned.
}
$myHashtable
return @{
Item1 = $false # <- Warning: Assignment statements are not aligned.
ItemTwo = 2 # <- Warning: Assignment statements are not aligned.
ItemThree = $true # <- No warning
}
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Prerequisites
Summary
When having both
powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceBetweenParametersandpowershell.codeFormatting.alignPropertyValuePairsenabled in the extension settings, the editor UI will always show the warning for one or the other. So multi-line hashtable assignments always have a yellow warning line under all of the key-value pairs, except the one that has the longest key-string.In PSScriptAnalyzer, there is an option in the arguments for each of the two rules:
for
PSAlightAssignmentStatement, there'sCheckHashtablefor
PSUseConsistentWhitespacethere'sIgnoreAssignmentOperatorInsideHashTableIf both of these respective options are enabled, the hashtable assignments receive no warnings when the
=operators are aligned and there's only 1 space after.The PowerShell VSCode extension should either detect when the two settings are enabled and enable the respective arguments automatically or offer the option to enable or disable the respective arguments if the settings are enabled so that multi-line hashtable assignments don't always receive warnings.
PowerShell Version
Visual Studio Code Version
Extension Version
ms-vscode.powershell@2025.4.0Steps to Reproduce
In VSCode Settings, enable both
powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceBetweenParametersandpowershell.codeFormatting.alignPropertyValuePairs, then create a simple hashtable with multiple key-value pairs that have different legths of key-strings.With Alignment:
Without Alignment:
Visuals
Logs
No response