PowerShell / PowerShell/PowerShellEditorServices

Show parameter help in the parameter tooltips

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Since Jul 23, 2025.

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Similar to how the completion tooltip for commands include a summary of the command, it would be nice if the parameters also included the parameter help. So for ls -Path the tooltip would show:

[string[]]
Specifies a path to one or more locations. Wildcards are accepted. The default location is the current directory (`.`).
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