ObjPad

• Author: Christopher Duffley nvda@chrisduffley.com, originally by Joseph Lee, Cleverson Uliana and others
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• NVDA compatibility: 2022.4 and later

This add-on provides quick commands to manage objects on screen, including navigation and other possibilities.

Commands

• Control+NVDA+TAB: Steps through arrow key modes (see below for details).

Arrow key modes

The add-on provides four ways to use arrow keys:

• Classic (or normal mode): use arrow keys to move cursor.
• Object nav: use arrow keys to move to next/previous/parent/first child objects.
• Web: use arrow keys to cycle through elements and move between them.
• Scan mode: use arrow keys to move through objects on screen regardless of hierarchy.

The following commands are available with arrow keys set to object nav:

• Right arrow: next object.
• Left arrow: previous object.
• Up arrow: parent object.
• Down arrow: first child object.
• SPACE or ENTER: activate.

With web mode active (elements are normal or moving by object, link, form field, heading, frame, table, list, landmark):

• Right arrow: next element.
• Left arrow: previous element.
• Up arrow: previous element type.
• Down arrow: next element type.
• SPACE or ENTER: activate.

With scan mode active:

• Down arrow: next object or the next line.
• Up arrow: previous object or previous line.
• Right arrow: review next character.
• Left arrow: previous character.
• Control+right arrow: next word.
• Control+left arrow: previous word.
• SPACE or ENTER: activate.

Version 24.04

• Compatibility with NVDA 2024.1.

Version 23.05

• To reflect the maintainer change, the manifest has been updated to indicate as such.

Version 23.02

• NVDA 2022.4 or later is required.
• Windows 10 21H2 (November 2021 Update/build 19044) or later is required.

Version 23.01

• NVDA 2022.3 or later is required.
• Windows 10 or later is required as Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 are no longer supported by Microsoft as of January 2023.

Version 22.06

• Requires NVDA 2021.3 or later.

Version 21.04

• Requires NVDA 2020.1 or later.

Version 20.01

• Requires NVDA 2019.3 or later.

Version 18.12

• Internal changes to support future NVDA releases.

Version 18.09

• Added localizations.
• Enter key (regular and Numpad) can be used to activate objects.

Version 18.03

• Better compatibility with NVDA 2018.1.

Version 16.12

• Added web mode.

Version 16.10

• Initial stable version.