{"id":11381,"date":"2016-02-29T14:00:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T22:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/?p=11381"},"modified":"2016-03-15T12:40:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T19:40:15","slug":"powershell-studio-2016-released-whats-new-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/29\/powershell-studio-2016-released-whats-new-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerShell Studio 2016 Released! &#8211; What&rsquo;s New? (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PowerShell Studio 2016 is released as part of the regular update cycle for our subscribers. We will cover all the new features in a series of \u201cWhat\u2019s New\u201d articles. In this blog, Part 1, we introduce new UI features, including our new dark themes. <\/p>\n<p>But, there&#8217;s more:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/02\/powershell-studio-2016-whats-new-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Part 2<\/a>, we introduce our new debugging features, including variable and function breakpoints and improvements to the Variables pane.<\/li>\n<li>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/07\/powershell-studio-2016-whats-new-part-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Part 3<\/a>, we look at some of the new editor features of PowerShell Studio 2016.<\/li>\n<li>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/15\/powershell-studio-2016-custom-primalsense\/\" target=\"_blank\">Part 4<\/a>, we show the new customizable PrimalSense in PowerShell Studio 2016.\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now let\u2019s take a look at visual changes made to the application.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-2.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image_thumb-2.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"644\" height=\"335\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Updated UI<\/h3>\n<p>We made some major UI changes by modernizing the controls, improving the theme support throughout the application and updating all the ribbon icons:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-3.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image_thumb-3.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"644\" height=\"69\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Join the Dark Side or the Light Side?<\/h3>\n<p>For those of you who enjoy dark backgrounds, we improved support for the dark theme throughout the application. In fact, the dark theme is the new default for the application.<\/p>\n<p>When switching to and from the \u201cVisual Studio 2013 Dark\u201d theme, PowerShell Studio will automatically update the editor\u2019s syntax coloring to match the theme.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor Dark Theme:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-4.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image_thumb-4.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"244\" height=\"128\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor Light Theme:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-5.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image_thumb-5.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"244\" height=\"128\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can choose your preferred theme by using the ribbon\u2019s theme menu:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-6.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image_thumb-6.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"244\" height=\"135\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note: When updating from PowerShell Studio 2015, 2016 will retain your current theme and coloring preferences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>New Source Control Ribbon Tab<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We moved all our source control features into a dedicated tab for your convenience.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-7.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image_thumb-7.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"244\" height=\"59\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can now access Restore point, Version Recall and Source Control commands in this unified tab.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Theme Triggered Editor Coloring<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For those of you who wish to use your own editor coloring scheme when switching between themes, we have you covered. All you have to do is create an editor preset and name it the same name as the theme you wish to be the trigger.<\/p>\n<p>For example, you can override the \u201cVisual Studio 2013 Dark\u201d coloring by creating an editor preset with the name \u201cVisual Studio 2013 Dark\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"image_thumb4[2]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image_thumb42.png\" alt=\"image_thumb4[2]\" width=\"193\" height=\"155\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to Options-&gt;Editor-&gt;Font and Color<\/li>\n<li>Configure your color settings<\/li>\n<li>Press the \u201cSave As Preset\u201d button.<\/li>\n<li>Save the preset using the desired theme name.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image_thumb512.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"image_thumb5[1][2]\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image_thumb512_thumb.png\" alt=\"image_thumb5[1][2]\" width=\"240\" height=\"128\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now PowerShell Studio 2016 will automatically load your editor preset when the matching theme is selected.<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h3><strong>Updated Panels<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We updated the PowerShell Studio panels and in most cases added search \/ filtering functionality. For example, the Functions Panel now has a search field in addition to modernized look:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-8.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image_thumb-8.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"134\" height=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNow you can filter the functions in the Functions Panel by simply typing in the search field:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-9.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image_thumb-9.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"169\" height=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>T<\/strong><strong>ools Panel:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We made several changes to the Tools Panel. As mentioned above, we added filtering capabilities to each tab:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-10.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"220\" height=\"254\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We moved the list of used controls to its own tab:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-11.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"220\" height=\"304\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can use the selection list to select controls in the designer. Use the search field to quickly location the desired control in your GUI.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Help Panel:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Help panel now supports the Dark theme:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image-12.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image_thumb-10.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"244\" height=\"79\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Additional Search Capabilities<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We also add search \/ filtering capabilities to various dialogs throughout the application.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Form Templates Dialog<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SNAGHTML228a06.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"SNAGHTML228a06\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SNAGHTML228a06_thumb.png\" alt=\"SNAGHTML228a06\" width=\"244\" height=\"131\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Add Events Dialog<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SNAGHTML22f805.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"SNAGHTML22f805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SNAGHTML22f805_thumb.png\" alt=\"SNAGHTML22f805\" width=\"230\" height=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Select Property Sets Dialog<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SNAGHTML236316.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"SNAGHTML236316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/SNAGHTML236316_thumb.png\" alt=\"SNAGHTML236316\" width=\"244\" height=\"209\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for Part 2 of \u201cPowerShell Studio 2016: What\u2019s New?\u201d blog series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PowerShell Studio 2016 is released as part of the regular update cycle for our subscribers. We will cover all the new features in a series of \u201cWhat\u2019s New\u201d articles. In this blog, Part 1, we introduce new UI features, including our new dark themes. But, there&#8217;s more: in\u00a0Part 2, we introduce our new debugging features, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[703,624,21,632,25],"tags":[28,1068,645,141],"class_list":["post-11381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-powershell-studio","category-service-build","category-software-news","category-whats-new-software-news","category-windows-powershell","tag-powershell","tag-powershell-studio-2016","tag-service-build-2","tag-whats-new"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11381"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11652,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11381\/revisions\/11652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}