Hi,

Builds on top of #10329

Steps to reproduce:

For this, add-ons must be disabled:

1. Open Start menu.
2. Without typing anything, press down arrow to open All Apps.

Actual behavior:

NVDA says "blank".

Expected behavior:

No "blank" announcement.

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

Installed

NVDA version:

2019.3 alpha.18874

Windows version:

Windows 10 Version 1909 (build 18363)

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

None

Other information about your system:

None

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.

Yes - same in 2019.1 and 2019.2

Technical information:

This is caused by caret movement helper routine - NVDA announces "blank" because that is what NVDA will see when pressing up or down arrow without typing into search field.

Note that if #10329 PR is implemented, this will result in double-speaking. The fix is to remove gesture bindings for up and down arrow keys, which is now part of Windows 10 App Essentials. When resolving this, I advise #10329 first, followed by this one.

Thanks.