{"id":253,"date":"2014-12-03T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2014\/12\/03\/powertip-use-powershell-to-hide-parameter-from-intellisense\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:36:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T17:36:47","slug":"powertip-use-powershell-to-hide-parameter-from-intellisense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-use-powershell-to-hide-parameter-from-intellisense\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Hide Parameter From IntelliSense"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary<\/b>: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to hide a parameter from IntelliSense.<\/span>\n\"Hey, How can I use Windows PowerShell to hide a parameter from IntelliSense?<\/p>\n

\"Hey, Introduced in Windows PowerShell 4.0, you can specify the DontShow<\/b> attribute
           for the [parameter()]<\/b> type to hide that parameter from IntelliSense:<\/p>\n

Function Test-Something {<\/p>\n

    [cmdletbinding()]<\/p>\n

    Param (<\/p>\n

        [parameter(DontShow)]<\/p>\n

        $HiddenParameter,<\/p>\n

        [parameter()]<\/p>\n

        $Computername,<\/p>\n

        [parameter()]<\/p>\n

        $NewValue<\/p>\n

    )<\/p>\n

}<\/p>\n

Cycling through parameters will not show $HiddenParameter<\/b>:<\/p>\n

PS C:> Test-Something – #Tab through parameters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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