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- toggling the "braille show selection indicator" state
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- cycling the "braille move system caret when routing review cursor" mode. (#15122)
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- cycling the Braille cursor shape
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- cycling the Braille show messages mode
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- toggling the Braille cursor on/off
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- toggling the "Braille show selection indicator" state
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- cycling the "Braille move system caret when routing review cursor" mode. (#15122)
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- Microsoft Office features:
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- When highlighted text is enabled Document Formatting, highlight colours are now reported in Microsoft Word. (#7396, #12101, #5866)
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- There is a known issue with intermittent crashing when WASAPI is enabled. (#15150)
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- In Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, NVDA now reports when a control opens a dialog, grid, list or tree if the author has specified this using aria-haspopup. (#14709)
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- In Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, NVDA now reports when a control opens a dialog, grid, list or tree if the author has specified this using ``aria-haspopup``. (#8235)
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- It is now possible to use system variables (such as ``%temp%`` or ``%homepath%``) in the path specification while creating portable copies of NVDA. (#14680)
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- In Windows 10 May 2019 Update and later, NVDA can announce virtual desktop names when opening, changing, and closing them. (#5641)
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- A system wide parameter has been added to allow users and system administrators to force NVDA to start in secure mode. (#10018)
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== Changes ==
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- eSpeak NG has been updated to 1.52-dev commit ``ed9a7bcf``. (#15036)
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- Updated LibLouis braille translator to [3.26.0 https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/releases/tag/v3.26.0]. (#14970)
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- CLDR has been updated to version 43.0. (#14918)
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- Dash and em-dash symbols will always be sent to the synthesizer. (#13830)
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- Component updates:
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- eSpeak NG has been updated to 1.52-dev commit ``ed9a7bcf``. (#15036)
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- Updated LibLouis Braille translator to [3.26.0 https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/releases/tag/v3.26.0]. (#14970)
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- CLDR has been updated to version 43.0. (#14918)
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- LibreOffice changes:
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- When reporting the review cursor location, the current cursor/caret location is now reported relative to the current page in LibreOffice Writer for LibreOffice versions >= 7.6, similar to what is done for Microsoft Word. (#11696)
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- When reporting the review cursor location, the current cursor/caret location is now reported relative to the current page in LibreOffice Writer 7.6 and newer, similar to what is done for Microsoft Word. (#11696)
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- Announcement of the status bar (e.g. triggered by ``NVDA+end``) works for LibreOffice. (#11698)
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- When moving to a different cell in LibreOffice Calc, NVDA no longer incorrectly announces the coordinates of the previously focused cell when cell coordinate announcement is disabled in NVDA's settings. (#15098)
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- Braille changes:
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- When using a Braille Display via the Standard HID Braille driver, the dpad can be used to emulate the arrow keys and enter.
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Also ``space+dot1`` and ``space+dot4`` now map to up and down arrow respectively. (#14713)
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- Updates to dynamic web content (ARIA live regions) are now displayed in Braille.
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This can be disabled in the Advanced Settings panel. (#7756)
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- Dash and em-dash symbols will always be sent to the synthesizer. (#13830)
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- Distance reported in Microsoft Word will now honour the unit defined in Word's advanced options even when using UIA to access Word documents. (#14542)
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- NVDA responds faster when moving the cursor in edit controls. (#14708)
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- When using a Braille Display via the Standard HID braille driver, the dpad can be used to emulate the arrow keys and enter.
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Also ``space+dot1`` and ``space+dot4`` now map to up and down arrow respectively. (#14713)
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- Script for reporting the destination of a link now reports from the caret / focus position rather than the navigator object. (#14659)
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- Portable copy creation no longer requires that a drive letter be entered as part of the absolute path. (#14681)
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- Portable copy creation no longer requires that a drive letter be entered as part of the absolute path. (#14680)
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- If Windows is configured to display seconds in the system tray clock, using ``NVDA+f12`` to report the time now honors that setting. (#14742)
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- NVDA will now report unlabeled groupings that have useful position information, such as in recent versions of Microsoft Office 365 menus. (#14878)
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- Updates to dynamic web content (ARIA live regions) are now displayed in Braille.
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This can be disabled in the Advanced Settings panel. (#7756)
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== Bug Fixes ==
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- Braille:
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- Several stability fixes to input/output for braille displays, resulting in less frequent errors and crashes of NVDA. (#14627)
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- NVDA will no longer unnecessarily switch to no braille multiple times during auto detection, resulting in a cleaner log and less overhead. (#14524)
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- Several stability fixes to input/output for Braille displays, resulting in less frequent errors and crashes of NVDA. (#14627)
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- NVDA will no longer unnecessarily switch to no Braille multiple times during auto detection, resulting in a cleaner log and less overhead. (#14524)
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- NVDA will now switch back to USB if a HID Bluetooth device (such as the HumanWare Brailliant or APH Mantis) is automatically detected and an USB connection becomes available.
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This only worked for Bluetooth Serial ports before. (#14524)
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- Web browsers:
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- NVDA no longer occasionally causes Mozilla Firefox to crash or stop responding. (#14647)
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- In Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, typed characters are no longer reported in some text boxes even when speak typed characters is disabled. (#14666)
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- In Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, typed characters are no longer reported in some text boxes even when speak typed characters is disabled. (#8442)
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- You can now use browse mode in Chromium Embedded Controls where it was not possible previously. (#13493, #8553)
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- In Mozilla Firefox, moving the mouse over text after a link now reliably reports the text. (#9235)
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- The destination of graphic links is now correctly reported in Chrome and Edge. (#14779)
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- The destination of graphic links is now reported accurately in more cases in Chrome and Edge. (#14783)
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- When trying to report the URL for a link without a href attribute NVDA is no longer silent.
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Instead NVDA reports that the link has no destination. (#14723)
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- In Browse mode, NVDA will no longer incorrectly ignore focus moving to a parent or child control e.g. moving from a control to its parent list item or gridcell. (#14611)
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- When rapidly moving through cells in Excel, NVDA is now less likely to report the wrong cell or selection. (#14983, #12200, #12108)
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- When landing on an Excel cell from outside a work sheet, braille and focus highlighter are no longer needlessly updated to the object that had focus previously. (#15136)
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- When landing on an Excel cell from outside a work sheet, Braille and focus highlighter are no longer needlessly updated to the object that had focus previously. (#15136)
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- NVDA no longer fails to announce focusing password fields in Microsoft Excel and Outlook. (#14839)
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Please refer to [the developer guide https://www.nvaccess.org/files/nvda/documentation/developerGuide.html#API] for information on NVDA's API deprecation and removal process.
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- Suggested conventions have been added to the add-on manifest specification.
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These are optional for NVDA compatibility, but are encouraged or required for submitting to the add-on store.
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The new suggested conventions are:
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- Using ``<major>.<minor>.<patch>`` format for the version field (required for add-on datastore).
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- Using ``https://`` as the schema for the url field (required for add-on datastore).
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These are optional for NVDA compatibility, but are encouraged or required for submitting to the Add-on Store. (#14754)
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- Use ``lowerCamelCase`` for the name field.
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- Use ``<major>.<minor>.<patch>`` format for the version field (required for add-on datastore).
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- Use ``https://`` as the schema for the url field (required for add-on datastore).
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- Added a new extension point type called ``Chain``, which can be used to iterate over iterables returned by registered handlers. (#14531)
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- Added the ``bdDetect.scanForDevices`` extension point.
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