CommonControls/Select-ViaUI.ps1
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function Select-ViaUI { #.Synopsis # Select objects through a visual interface #.Description # Uses a graphical interface to select (and pass-through) pipeline objects # Idea from Lee Holmes (http://www.leeholmes.com/blog) #.Example # Get-ChildItem | Select-ViaUI -show | Remove-Item -WhatIf [OutputType([Windows.Controls.Grid])] param( # The name of the control [string]$Name, # If the control is a child element of a Grid control (see New-Grid), # then the Row parameter will be used to determine where to place the # top of the control. Using the -Row parameter changes the # dependency property [Windows.Controls.Grid]::RowProperty [Int]$Row, # If the control is a child element of a Grid control (see New-Grid) # then the Column parameter will be used to determine where to place # the left of the control. Using the -Column parameter changes the # dependency property [Windows.Controls.Grid]::ColumnProperty [Int]$Column, # If the control is a child element of a Grid control (see New-Grid) # then the RowSpan parameter will be used to determine how many rows # in the grid the control will occupy. Using the -RowSpan parameter # changes the dependency property [Windows.Controls.Grid]::RowSpanProperty [Int]$RowSpan, # If the control is a child element of a Grid control (see New-Grid) # then the RowSpan parameter will be used to determine how many columns # in the grid the control will occupy. Using the -ColumnSpan parameter # changes the dependency property [Windows.Controls.Grid]::ColumnSpanProperty [Int]$ColumnSpan, # The -Width parameter will be used to set the width of the control [Int]$Width, # The -Height parameter will be used to set the height of the control [Int]$Height, # If the control is a child element of a Canvas control (see New-Canvas), # then the Top parameter controls the top location within that canvas # Using the -Top parameter changes the dependency property # [Windows.Controls.Canvas]::TopProperty [Double]$Top, # If the control is a child element of a Canvas control (see New-Canvas), # then the Left parameter controls the left location within that canvas # Using the -Left parameter changes the dependency property # [Windows.Controls.Canvas]::LeftProperty [Double]$Left, # If the control is a child element of a Dock control (see New-Dock), # then the Dock parameter controls the dock style within that panel # Using the -Dock parameter changes the dependency property # [Windows.Controls.DockPanel]::DockProperty [Windows.Controls.Dock]$Dock, # If Show is set, then the UI will be displayed as a modal dialog within the current # thread. If the -Show and -AsJob parameters are omitted, then the control should be # output from the function [Switch]$Show, # If AsJob is set, then the UI will displayed within a WPF job. [Switch]$AsJob ) # We're going to need the parameters later $uiParameters = @{} + $psBoundParameters # we need to store the original items ... so we can output them later # But we're going to convert them to strings to display them $SelectViaUIStringItems = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList # So, use a hashtable, with the strings as the keys to the original values $Script:SelectViaUIOriginalItems = @{} ## Convert input to string representations and store ... foreach($item in $Input) { ## Get the item as it would be displayed by Format-Table $stringRepresentation = (($item | ft -HideTableHeaders | Out-String )-Split"\n")[-4].trimEnd() $SelectViaUIOriginalItems[$stringRepresentation] = $item $null = $SelectViaUIStringItems.Add($stringRepresentation) } ## Generate the window # Show-UI -Title "Object Filter" -MinWidth 400 -Height 600 { Grid -Margin 5 -ControlName SelectFTList -Rows Auto, *, Auto, Auto -Resource @{ # The Resource dictionary is used to store information and default settings Cmdlet = $psCmdlet PSBoundParameters = $PSBoundParameters Args = $args } -Children { ## This is just a label ... TextBlock -Margin 5 -Row 0 "Type or click to search. Press Enter or click OK to pass the items down the pipeline." ## Put the items in a ListBox, inside a ScrollViewer so it can scroll :) ScrollViewer -Margin 5 -Row 1 { ListBox -SelectionMode Multiple -ItemsSource $SelectViaUIStringItems -Name SelectedItems ` -FontFamily "Consolas, Courier New" -On_SelectionChanged { $source = $selectedItems.Items if($selectedItems.SelectedItems.Count -gt 0) { $source = $selectedItems.SelectedItems } $SelectFTList | Set-UIValue -value $SelectViaUIOriginalItems[$source] } # -On_MouseDoubleClick { Close-Control $parent } } ## This is the filter box: Notice we update the filter on_KeyUp TextBox -Margin 5 -Name SearchText -Row 2 -On_KeyUp { $filterText = $this.Text [System.Windows.Data.CollectionViewSource]::GetDefaultView( $SelectedItems.ItemsSource ).Filter = [Predicate[Object]]{ param([string]$item) ## default to true trap { return $true } ## Do a regex match $item -match $filterText } ## Update the output after the filter $source = $selectedItems.Items if($selectedItems.SelectedItems.Count -gt 0) { $source = $selectedItems.SelectedItems } $SelectFTList | Set-UIValue -value $SelectViaUIOriginalItems[$source] } ## Use a GridPanel ... it's a simple, yet effective way to lay out a couple of buttons. Grid -Margin 5 -HorizontalAlignment Right -Columns 65, 10, 65 { Button "OK" -IsDefault -Width 65 -On_Click { Close-Control $window } -Column 0 Button "Cancel" -IsCancel -Width 65 -On_Click { $SelectFTList | Set-UIValue -value $null } -Column 2 } -Row 3 ## Focus on the Search box by default } -On_Loaded { $SearchText.Focus() ## Default output, in case you close the window without selecting anything $SelectFTList | Set-UIValue -value $SelectViaUIOriginalItems[$selectedItems.Items] } @uiParameters } |