Open codeofdusk opened 2 years ago
Blocking nvaccess/nvda#13781.
CC @carlos-zamora, @leonardder.
It could also be considered to add an automationID (it is currently empty)
It could also be considered to add an automationID (it is currently empty)
@leonardder That idea was rejected during initial implementation.
Chatted with @codeofdusk. This is a feature/task. We'll chat more about it at sync but the short version is this:
discussion: sure let's do it
@codeofdusk here's an idea actually. So, all versions of Windows Terminal in active support going back to v1.12 send notifications. At this point, why not just assume that if NVDA is connected to Windows Terminal, it has support for notifications?
The key part here is "connected to Windows Terminal" because Conhost won't support notifications. So if the class name is TermControl
, you know you're connected to Windows Terminal, and by extension, you know we support notifications.
CC @DHowett
Conhost won't support notifications
Until SV2
Conhost won't support notifications
Until SV2
Nah. Conhost doesn't use the UiaRenderer. So the whole notifications thing doesn't affect Conhost. It operates the same way it always has (I believe it's attached to the Write
API but don't quote me on that one, I'd have to look into it).
Description of the new feature/enhancement
12358 adds support for UIA notifications, allowing screen readers and other UIA clients to easily determine exactly what new text to report without doing any of the heavy lifting themselves (diffing, etc..). However, as not all terminals support notifications, UIA clients need a way to determine when this support is available and when they should fall back to performing diffing themseles. (if clients diff even when notifications are available, we risk doing extra work and/or double-reporting incoming text).
Proposed technical implementation details (optional)