This is super interesting to me. I was using QWS (with JAWS) without any issue until I tried to look into the situation with NVDA that was recently described.
I updated to the latest NVDA and then I started experiencing accessibility issues. Not with the file save dialog, but with the ability to change anything in the track properties dialog (track name, track channel, etc). I deleted NVDA from this machine and still get the same issue. I had this happen once before... I removed QWS from my system and re-installed it and then had no further troubles. Uninstalling QWS and re-installing it hasn't worked to fix the issue like it did before. So strange. Does NVDA and JAWS still conflict with each other? Is there still a group policy setting that causes access issues with both screen readers? I was having so much fun with QWS until I tried to look into the issue described. I'm now officially bummed. Happy music making (to those who still can), David -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Gavin Grundlingh Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2020 3:51 PM To: QWS list <[email protected]> Subject: Re: QWS List Open/save dialog with NVDA? Hi Damien, I've seen this, too. I have no idea why this problem comes up, but I did find a fix for it. There are two methods to apply this fix. 1. If you have the Pro version of Windows 10, you can use the group policy editor. Press Windows+R, type "gpedit.msc" and press Enter. In the tree view, navigate to "Local Group Policy > User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > File Explorer > Common Open File Dialog." Tab to the list, select "Hide the Common Places Bar" and press Enter. In the dialog that comes up, press Alt+E to select the "Enabled" radio button, then press Enter. Close the group policy editor and restart your computer. 2. If you do not have Windows 10 Pro, or you prefer to get down and dirty with the registry, you can use Registry Editor. Press Windows+R, type "regedit" and press Enter. In the tree view, navigate to "Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies." Press Alt+E to go to the Edit menu, press N to select New, and then press K to select Key. In the Key Name edit box, type "Comdlg32" and press Enter. In the tree view, make sure your focus is on "Comdlg32," then tab to the list. Press Alt+E to go to the Edit menu, press N to select New, and then press D to select DWORD (32-bit) Value. In the Value Name edit box, type "NoPlacesBar" and press Enter. In the list, arrow down to "NoPlacesBar" and press Enter. In the Value Data edit box, type "1" and press Enter. Close Registry Editor and restart your computer. Hope this helps. Please let us know if it works for you. Regards, Gavin On 30-Aug-20 20:10, Damien Garwood wrote: > Hi, > Are there any NVDA users on here? If so, have you had trouble with the > open/save-as dialogs in QWS at any point since November last year > (namely files and folders not reading in the browser list)? > I started having this after a Windows update (from Windows 10 1809 to > 1909), but put it to one side in case it was some weird issue with my > four-year-old machine and some messy Windows garbleness. But it > doesn't seem to be...I'm getting the same behaviour on my new machine > (now running Windows 10 2004), as is a friend of mine who I'm > currently teaching to use it, also on a new machine. > Unfortunately, I've no idea what could be causing the issue; QWS is > using a standard Windows dialog box, which NVDA has absolutely no > trouble accessing in other programs. To make matters even more > confusing, Narrator works fine with the QWS dialogs. > I wrote to the NVDA list regarding this at the time it started but > noone could shed any light on the issue, and several subsequent > updates to NVDA and Windows don't seem to have fixed it. > In case anyone wants to test it, I'm using NVDA 2020.2 (although at > the time the problem started I was on 2019.2.1) and QWS 1.56. > Cheers. > Damien. > > To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com > > for archived list posts, see > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
