Steps to reproduce:

1. Open the NVDA addon store
2. Navigate with tab or shift+tab through the dialog until you land on aany of the filter combo boxes (i.e. channel combo box) and change the value with arrow keys (i.e. from stable to all, or from all to stable)
3. Switch the tab and return back to the previous tab
4. Check if the filter you set before is still applied in the combo box of the respective tab

Actual behavior:

The filter value is reset to the default value, and the user has to adjust the filter every time when switching tabs back and forth which is very inefficient. It is also inconsistent since i.e. the check box "include incompatible addons" maintains its state even when switching tabs.

Expected behavior:

Users have something in mind when applying these filters, most of the time they are set for a longer period of time, not only for the time when the tab is focused. This is too educative. The filters should remain applied according to users action until the addon store is closed, same as it works with the checkbox for including incompatible addons.

NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments:

n/a

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

Installed

NVDA version:

alpha-30354,72e65dbd (2024.2.0.30354)

Windows version:

Windows 11 23 h2

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

n/a

Other information about your system:

n/a

Other questions

Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?

yes

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

2023.3 has the same behavior.

If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?

yes

Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?

yes