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GeezerVison is showing github.com — Enable repeating table headers with Format-Table · Issue #8455 · PowerShell/PowerShell

Enable repeating table headers with Format-Table #8455

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Issue-Enhancementthe issue is more of a feature request than a bugthe issue is more of a feature request than a bugResolution-FixedThe issue is fixed.The issue is fixed.WG-Cmdletsgeneral cmdlet issuesgeneral cmdlet issues
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@SteveL-MSFT
Steve Lee (SteveL-MSFT)
opened on Dec 12, 2018
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Summary of the new feature/enhancement

Currently, when using Format-Table and the number of rows is more than the screen buffer,
the table header is scrolled off the screen and the rows don't have context on the meaning
of each cell.

This is particularly troublesome for users using a screen reader as it is likely they will lose context of the meaning of the different columns after a moderate number of rows is read.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Add a new switch called -RepeatHeader (suggestions welcome on naming) where after every screen buffer full of rows, the table header is repeated. Note that because we cannot detect definitively that the output isn't being paged (where this is most useful), it is up to the user to pipe the output to a pager.

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  1. Steve Lee (SteveL-MSFT)
    added
    Issue-Enhancementthe issue is more of a feature request than a bugthe issue is more of a feature request than a bug
    Area-Cmdlets-Utility
    on Dec 12, 2018
  2. Steve Lee (SteveL-MSFT)
    added this to the Future milestone on Dec 12, 2018
  3. Steve Lee (SteveL-MSFT)
    self-assigned this
    on Dec 13, 2018
  4. Dongbo Wang (daxian-dbw)
    closed this as completedin #8481on Dec 20, 2018
  5. Ilya (iSazonov)
    added
    Resolution-FixedThe issue is fixed.The issue is fixed.
    on Dec 20, 2018
  6. Ryan Yates (kilasuit)
    added
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    on Jul 17, 2026
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