Out-String doesn't work in Universal Dashboard

Out-String doesn't work in Universal Dashboard

Product: PowerShell Universal - Any Version 
Issue:
Out-String does not appear to work in PowerShell Universal Dashboard running in Windows PowerShell v5.1. You will receive empty strings when attempting to use Out-String. See the example below for an example of this issue. 

New-UDDashboard -Title "Hello, World!" -Content {
    $Processes = Get-Process | Out-String
    New-UDCard -Content {
        New-UDElement -tag 'pre' -Content {
            $Processes
        }
    }
}


Resolution:
The Out-String -Width parameter is defaulting to 0 which is causing no output to be shown. Set the -Width parameter to a large value to see output. See the below example for a resolution.

New-UDDashboard -Title "Hello, World!" -Content {
    $Processes = Get-Process | Out-String -Width 10000
    New-UDCard -Content {
        New-UDElement -tag 'pre' -Content {
            $Processes
        }
    }
}

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