Functions/GenXdev.Webbrowser/Open-WebbrowserSideBySide.ps1
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Part of PowerShell module : GenXdev.Webbrowser Original cmdlet filename : Open-WebbrowserSideBySide.ps1 Original author : René Vaessen / GenXdev Version : 1.268.2025 ################################################################################ MIT License Copyright 2021-2025 GenXdev Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. ################################################################################> #################################################################### <# .SYNOPSIS Launches a new web browser window with specific positioning. .DESCRIPTION Opens a new browser window (Edge or Chrome) positioned on the right side of the primary monitor in background mode. .PARAMETER Edge Opens Microsoft Edge browser instead of the default browser. .PARAMETER Chrome Opens Google Chrome browser instead of the default browser. .EXAMPLE wbn -Edge .EXAMPLE wbn -ch ################################################################### #> function Open-WebbrowserSideBySide { [CmdletBinding()] [Alias("wbn")] param( ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $false, HelpMessage = 'The URLs to open in the browser' )] [Alias('Value', 'Uri', 'FullName', 'Website', 'WebsiteUrl')] [string[]] $Url, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, Position = 1, HelpMessage = ('The monitor to use, 0 = default, -1 is discard, ' + '-2 = Configured secondary monitor, defaults to ' + "`$Global:DefaultSecondaryMonitor or 2 if not found") )] [Alias('m', 'mon')] [int] $Monitor = -2, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'The initial width of the webbrowser window' )] [int] $Width = -1, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'The initial height of the webbrowser window' )] [int] $Height = -1, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'The initial X position of the webbrowser window' )] [int] $X = -999999, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'The initial Y position of the webbrowser window' )] [int] $Y = -999999, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Set the browser accept-lang http header' )] [Alias('lang', 'locale')] [string] $AcceptLang = $null, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = ('Force enable debugging port, stopping existing ' + 'browsers if needed') )] [switch] $Force, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Opens in Microsoft Edge' )] [Alias('e')] [switch] $Edge, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Opens in Google Chrome' )] [Alias('ch')] [switch] $Chrome, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = ('Opens in Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome, ' + 'depending on what the default browser is') )] [Alias('c')] [switch] $Chromium, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Opens in Firefox' )] [Alias('ff')] [switch] $Firefox, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Opens in all registered modern browsers' )] [switch] $All, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Place browser window on the left side of the screen' )] [switch] $Left, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Place browser window on the right side of the screen' )] [switch] $Right, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Place browser window on the top side of the screen' )] [switch] $Top, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Place browser window on the bottom side of the screen' )] [switch] $Bottom, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Place browser window in the center of the screen' )] [switch] $Centered, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Opens in fullscreen mode' )] [Alias('fs', 'f')] [switch] $FullScreen, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Opens in incognito/private browsing mode' )] [Alias('incognito', 'inprivate')] [switch] $Private, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Hide the browser controls' )] [Alias('a', 'app', 'appmode')] [switch] $ApplicationMode, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Prevent loading of browser extensions' )] [Alias('de', 'ne', 'NoExtensions')] [switch] $NoBrowserExtensions, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Disable the popup blocker' )] [Alias('allowpopups')] [switch] $DisablePopupBlocker, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = ("Don't re-use existing browser window, instead, " + 'create a new one') )] [Alias('nw', 'new')] [switch] $NewWindow, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Focus the browser window after opening' )] [Alias('fw','focus')] [switch] $FocusWindow, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Set the browser window to foreground after opening' )] [Alias('fg')] [switch] $SetForeground, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Maximize the window after positioning' )] [switch] $Maximize, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = ('Returns a PowerShell object of ' + 'the browserprocess') )] [Alias('pt')] [switch]$PassThru, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Removes the borders of the window' )] [Alias('nb')] [switch] $NoBorders, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Restore PowerShell window focus' )] [Alias('rf', 'bg')] [switch] $RestoreFocus, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = ('Position browser window either fullscreen on ' + 'different monitor than PowerShell, or side by side with ' + 'PowerShell on the same monitor') )] [Alias('sbs')] [switch] $SideBySide, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = ('Keystrokes to send to the Window, ' + 'see documentation for cmdlet GenXdev.Windows\Send-Key') )] [string[]] $KeysToSend, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = ('Escape control characters and modifiers when ' + 'sending keys') )] [Alias('Escape')] [switch] $SendKeyEscape, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = ('Hold keyboard focus on target window when ' + 'sending keys') )] [Alias('HoldKeyboardFocus')] [switch] $SendKeyHoldKeyboardFocus, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = ('Use Shift+Enter instead of Enter when ' + 'sending keys') )] [Alias('UseShiftEnter')] [switch] $SendKeyUseShiftEnter, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = ('Delay between different input strings in ' + 'milliseconds when sending keys') )] [Alias('DelayMilliSeconds')] [int] $SendKeyDelayMilliSeconds, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = ('Use alternative settings stored in session for AI ' + 'preferences') )] [switch] $SessionOnly, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = ('Clear alternative settings stored in session for ' + 'AI preferences') )] [switch] $ClearSession, ####################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = ('Store settings only in persistent preferences ' + 'without affecting session') )] [Alias('FromPreferences')] [switch] $SkipSession ####################################################################### ) begin { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'Launching new browser window' } process { GenXdev.Windows\Set-WindowPosition -Left -Monitor 0 $NewWindow = $true $Monitor = 0 $Right = $true $RestoreFocus = $true $params = GenXdev.Helpers\Copy-IdenticalParamValues ` -BoundParameters $PSBoundParameters ` -FunctionName "GenXdev.Webbrowser\Open-Webbrowser" ` -DefaultValues (Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Get-Variable -Scope Local -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) GenXdev.Webbrowser\Open-Webbrowser @params } end { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'Browser window launched successfully' if ($Force) { $params = GenXdev.Helpers\Copy-IdenticalParamValues ` -BoundParameters $PSBoundParameters ` -FunctionName "GenXdev.Webbrowser\Select-WebbrowserTab" ` -DefaultValues (Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Get-Variable -Scope Local -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) GenXdev.Webbrowser\Select-WebbrowserTab @params } } } |