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UIA in Windows consoles: current character does not show up in braille #10035

@LeonarddeR

Description

@LeonarddeR

cc @codeofdusk

Steps to reproduce:

  1. With braille enabled, open a windows console with UIA enabled
  2. type hello
  3. Press left arrow multiple times.

Actual behavior:

Braille does not show the character the caret is at. When hello was typed, the whole word is shown. However, when pressing left arrow N times, the result after the prompt is as follows:

  1. hell
  2. helo
  3. helo
  4. hllo
  5. ello

Expected behavior:

The current character is not stripped from braille output

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

Installed

NVDA version:

alpha-18290

Windows version:

Windows 10 1903 build 18362.239

Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:

Command prompt (cmd)

Other questions

Does the issue still occur after restarting your PC?

Yes

Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.

No

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