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Add option to display paragraph indicators in braille #16895

Closed nvdaes closed 1 month ago

nvdaes commented 1 month ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

When reading texts in braille, there's no reliable way to know that a new paragraph starts.

Describe the solution you'd like

In braille settings, a combo box maybe added with options to show an indicator at the start of each paragraph, or disable this indication.

Describe alternatives you've considered

An add-on maybe used for this feature.

Additional context

Paragraphs are important and meaningful units in articles and books, useful to structure and understand them. Sometimes, several blank cells are displayed at the end of paragraphs, but this is not a consistent way to be sure that a new paragraph will start, since the number of cells is variable and this may correspond to spaces.

nvdaes commented 1 month ago

cc: @SaschaCowley

nvdaes commented 1 month ago

Thanks for triaging this. I may create a PR, unless @SaschaCowley or other members of NV Access prefer to do it themselves. My initial idea is to implement this in the next and previous line commands, when reading by paragraphs is activated and this option has been selected in the Braille settings panel.