Formatting settings miss certain tokens

[TMA-2]

Prerequisites

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Summary

• The setting ⚙ powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceBeforeOpenParen doesn't add whitespace for the until keyword, but it does for while.
• The setting ⚙ powershell.codeFormatting.whitespaceAroundOperator doesn't add whitespace around certain unary operators such as -not and -bnot, although it does for -join.
• Both while and until keywords aren't separated from nearby braces the same way else, elseif, etc. are. This is regardless of the bracket preset: OTBS, Allman, etc.

PowerShell Version

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.1.19041.5737
PSEdition                      Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.19041.5737
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Name             : Visual Studio Code Host
Version          : 2025.0.0
InstanceId       : 78be6803-71c3-4ba5-9972-4fe334ca81df
UI               : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface
CurrentCulture   : en-US
CurrentUICulture : en-US
PrivateData      : Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost+ConsoleColorProxy
DebuggerEnabled  : True
IsRunspacePushed : False
Runspace         : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspace

Visual Studio Code Version

1.99.0
4437686ffebaf200fa4a6e6e67f735f3edf24ada
x64

Extension Version

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Steps to Reproduce

1. Insert the following snippet into an editor
2. Select and 'Format Selection', or 'Format Document'

if(-not(Get-Variable 'psEditor')) {
    do{
        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250
    }until(
        (Get-Variable 'psEditor')
    )
    do{
        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250
    }while(
        -not(Get-Variable 'psEditor')
    )
}

Visuals

The expected result would be something like...

if ( -not (Get-Variable 'psEditor')) {
    do {
        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250
    } until (
        (Get-Variable 'psEditor')
    )
    do {
        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250
    } while (
        -not (Get-Variable 'psEditor')
    )
}

However, the actual result is...

if (-not(Get-Variable 'psEditor')) { # No separation around -not
    do {
        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250
    }until( # No whitespace inserted here
        (Get-Variable 'psEditor')
    )
    do {
        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250
    }while ( # Whitespace inserted after, but not before keyword
        -not(Get-Variable 'psEditor') # No separation here
    )
}

Logs

No response

[JustinGrote]

Thanks for your submission!

All formatting is done by PSScriptAnalyzer, so please first confirm if you can reproduce this with invoke-scriptanalyzer.

[TMA-2]

Thanks for your submission!

All formatting is done by PSScriptAnalyzer, so please first confirm if you can reproduce this with invoke-scriptanalyzer.

You are correct! Using Invoke-Formatter, it produced the same results...

if (-not(Get-Variable 'psEditor')) { # -not should have spaces around it
    do {
        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250
    }until( # until should have spaces around it
        (Get-Variable 'psEditor')
    )
    do {
        Start-Sleep -Milliseconds 250
    }while ( # while should have spaces around it
        -not(Get-Variable 'psEditor') # -not should have a space after it
    )
}

So, I should open an issue with PSScriptAnalyzer I take it?

[TMA-2]

Opened issue 2095 with PSScriptAnalyzer. Closing...