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Allow NVDAs find function to work outside browse mode, based on review cursor scope #7855

@LeonarddeR

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@LeonarddeR

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Go to the desktop
  2. Set your review cursor to screen review
  3. Press nvda+ctrl+f

Desired behavior

NVDA opens the search window. After searching, the focus will return to the desktop and the review position is set to the found text, if any.

Possible limitations

Some objects just die when you switch windows (e.g. when you search from a window, a new window opens to enter the search term, and objects in the old window die or the screen review buffer is refreshed). I think We could work around this by creating a fake input window using a capture function that captures a search term while the focus remains in the active window. This would also be very helpful to support #7415.

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