In powershell with psreadline -EditMode VI how to ensure the cursor starts at the end of the line when going through history
You can use the Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler cmdlet:
Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key UpArrow ` -ScriptBlock { param($key, $arg) $line=$null $cursor=$null [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::HistorySearchBackward() [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::GetBufferState([ref]$line, [ref]$cursor) [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::SetCursorPosition($line.Length)}Set-PSReadLineKeyHandler -Key DownArrow ` -ScriptBlock { param($key, $arg) $line=$null $cursor=$null [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::HistorySearchForward() [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::GetBufferState([ref]$line, [ref]$cursor) [Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine]::SetCursorPosition($line.Length)}
Use the same Set-PSReadLineOption cmdlet that you used to get into VI mode:
Set-PSReadLineOption -HistorySearchCursorMovesToEnd:$trueYou can see which options can be set with Get-PSReadLineOption:
Get-PSReadLineOptionand the online documentation includes a few useful examples