Re: Mostly for Javi (proposal): incorporating Explorer Enhancements to Windows App Essentils ad-don


 

Hi,
Result: it does work with event registration set to selective - it does result in double-speaking in Windows 11 somehow. There is a bug with Columns Review approach: File Explorer headers such as name and size cannot be navigated if focused on an empty folder due to focus movement - one must press NVDA+F2 and then press an arrow key.
So based on these tests, it appears the proposal (bundling Javi's File Explorer app module with Windows App Essentials add-on) would not be quite effective. Thankfully, since there is a solution to allow a stack of app modules with the same name to be loaded and since my add-on will not override name change nor focus entered event, I'll go ahead and bundle File Explorer app module with my add-on.
Cheers,
Jsoeph

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From: nvda-addons@nvda-addons.groups.io <nvda-addons@nvda-addons.groups.io> On Behalf Of Joseph Lee via groups.io
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2023 6:34 AM
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Subject: Re: [nvda-addons] Mostly for Javi (proposal): incorporating Explorer Enhancements to Windows App Essentils ad-don

Hi,
I see. I wonder if this works with selective UIA event registration on - I doubt it but won't hurt to try.
Cheers,
Joseph

-----Original Message-----
From: nvda-addons@nvda-addons.groups.io <nvda-addons@nvda-addons.groups.io> On Behalf Of Alberto Buffolino
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2023 6:04 AM
To: nvda-addons@nvda-addons.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda-addons] Mostly for Javi (proposal): incorporating Explorer Enhancements to Windows App Essentils ad-don

Joseph Lee, il 21/1/2023, ha scritto:
Therefore, if Javi is willing and the community agrees, I would like
to incorporate Javi’s app module into Windows App Essentials. This
resolves the app module conflict, and if the code is ready, submit
empty folder announcement to NV Access as a pull request
Alberto:
Hi Joseph,
some time ago I expanded ColumnsReview feature to announce empty folders, to include Explorer too.
Now I don't remember all details, but I based the empty-folder detection to a solution a bit more reliable than one adopted by explorerEnhancements, that in my experience did not worked so often (even with Ribbons enabled as usual, if I remember well). Sure, more reliable is not perfect... among others, test situations are cycling with tab and shift+tab in folder pane (where my add-on has still any glitch), open and close menu, switch with alt+tab from and again to folder pane.
To make ColumnsReview feature working, though, I had to ask (not force) user to uninstall Javi's add-on, as I said here:
https://nvda-addons.groups.io/g/nvda-addons/topic/91457018
but obviously I cannot ask a such thing for Windows App Essentials...
Alberto

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