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Start button in Windows 8.1 and later is recognized as a list and reported as selected #5178

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Reported by nvdakor on 2015-06-22 20:56
Hi,
When you navigate desktop via object navigation or tab through the shell window, NVDA announces Start button as a list.

STR:

  1. Press Windows +M to minimize all windows.
  2. Press TAB to go to Start button.
    Expected: NVDA announces "Start button".
    Actual: In Windows 8.1 and 10, NVDA says, "Start list selected".

Technical: Thankfully, window class name is "Start", which is unique among Windows Explorer objects. Somehow, IAccessible thinks it is a list when documentation clearly says it is a button. This is for Windows 8.1 and 10 (likely as a result of removal of Start button in Windows 8). Tweaking this with NVDAObject_init solves the problem.
Thanks.

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