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MS Word: Collapsed state not reported for headings in outline view #17645

@CyrilleB79

Description

@CyrilleB79

Steps to reproduce:

  • Create a Word document with headings of different levels and body text in between.
  • Change the view to Outline view
  • Navigate in the document (outline view) and collapse or expand some headings with alt+shift+pavnumPlus or alt+shift+pavnumMinus. Note that the behaviour seems a bit different from what happens in other view types, that is, collapsing or expanding a heading may modify the collapsed state of other headings.
  • Navigate vertically with up/downArrow

Actual behavior:

As per #17499, collapsed headings should be reported.

Expected behavior:

The collapsed state is not reported in Outline view (no matter if you use UIA or object model).

NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments:

N/A

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

Tested from source

NVDA version:

Version : source-master-93bbe4f (2025.1.0.0)

Windows version:

Windows 10 22H2 (AMD64) build 19045.5371

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

N/A

Other information about your system:

N/A

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Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?

Yes

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

No. Feature introduced very recently.

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

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