Ticket #230 (new enhancement)
request for sticky keys option
| Reported by: | Templemang | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | minor | Milestone: | |
| Component: | Core | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: | zahari.yurukov@gmail.com | |
| Operating system: | Blocked by: | ||
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Description
Provide option to allow key combinations to be pressed sequentially so that a user who can only use one finger can enter commands such as NVDA+q by pressing these keys one at a time. As some key commands use more than one modifier, e.g. NVDA+SHIFT+... the sequence should be considered complete when the first non-modifier key is pressed.
Change History
comment:2 Changed 6 months ago by zahari_bgr
- Cc zahari.yurukov@gmail.com added
I also think that this is an important option. It's already implemented in other screen readers, and users witch depend on it can not migrate to NVDA, even if they want to.
I suggest a new option in keyboard settings dialog, a combobox that sets timeout for theNVDA key:
- Instant - when the NVDA key is released, it doesn't affect next key press (current state).
- Timeout for 1 sec - short time after the NVDA key is actually released it stays virtually pressed.
- Timeout for 2 sec - a little longer...
- Timeout for 5 sec
- Timeout for 10 sec.
- Timeout for 30 sec.
- Forever - The NVDA key is locked, until the first non-modifier key (or the NVDA key itself) is pressed.
I think this is much more flexable and doesn't duplicate Windows functions.

