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# Code Editor

Embed the Monaco code editor in PowerShell Universal apps for syntax highlighted code editing, retrieval, and dynamic updates from other components.

The code editor component allows you to host the [Microsoft Monaco ](https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/)editor within your dashboards.

## Creating a Code Editor

You can create a new code editor with the `New-UDCodeEditor` cmdlet. Specifying the `-Language` parameter will enable syntax highlighting for that language. You will need to specify a height in pixels.

```
New-UDCodeEditor -Height '500' -Language 'powershell'
```

## Populating Code

Use the `-Code` parameter to specify code that will be populated within the code editor when it loads.

```
New-UDCodeEditor -Height '500' -Language 'powershell' -Code '#Hello, world!'
```

## Retrieving code from another component

You can retrieve code from another component using the `Get-UDElement` cmdlet and accessing the code property of the hashtable that is returned.

```
New-UDCodeEditor -Height '500' -Language 'powershell' -Code '#Hello, world!' -Id 'editor'

New-UDButton -Text 'Get Code' -OnClick {
    Show-UDToast -Message (Get-UDElement -id 'editor').Code
}
```

## Setting code from another component

You can set code from another component using the `Set-UDElement` cmdlet. Specify the code value in a hashtable passed to the `-Properties` parameter.

```
New-UDCodeEditor -Height '500' -Language 'powershell' -Code '#Hello, world!' -Id 'editor'

New-UDButton -Text 'Get Code' -OnClick {
    Set-UDElement -Id 'editor' -Properties @{
        code = "# Hello!"
    }
}
```

## Options

The Monaco editor supports a wide range of options. If you wish to use options that aren't available on the `New-UDCodeEditor` cmdlet, you can use the `-Options` parameter and pass a hashtable of options instead.

For a full list of options, check the [IEditorConsturctionOptions](https://microsoft.github.io/monaco-editor/docs.html#interfaces/editor.IEditorConstructionOptions.html) interface.

```powershell
New-UDCodeEditor -Language powershell -Height 100 -Options @{ fontSize = 10 }
```

## API

* [New-UDCodeEditor](/powershell-universal/powershell-commands/new-udcodeeditor.md)


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