NVDA seems not to support Notepad++ 8.3 #13311
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I can also reproduce this. |
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Out of curiosity, I've just tested with JAWS 2022: also no access to file contents but Notepad++ doesn't crash. |
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Also does not crash with Narrator, but cannot read file content.
With NVDA, it crashes as soon as you load a field or when typing text in
an empty file.
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@MichelSuch yes but Narrator doesn't work with Notepad++ 8.2 also. |
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Does this mean we are going to write an issue in the notepad++ repository |
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I opened an issue before I knew this was related to NVDA actually, notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus#11133 |
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Today, I downloaded Notepad++ 8.3, and I understood that it is not accessible for us. It means that when I type some Characters and navigate to read what every I typed, but NVDA doesn’t read anything. I don’t have this issue in 8.2, too. |
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If someone is interested in testing you can do so with this try build |
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Fixes #13311 Summary of the issue: NVDA causes a crash when interacting with 64-bit builds of Notepad+++ 8.3. This happens because Notepad++ developers decided to deviate from the official Scintilla interface (they character points are represented by longlong rather than long in 64-bit builds). Since this allowed them to introduce the support for much bigger files this change is going to stay and NVDA has to adapt (see explanations in notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus#11133). Description of how this pull request fixes the issue: For 64-bit builds of Notepad++ 8.3 and above longlong is used for representing characters points. Testing strategy: - Notepad++ 8.3 x64 no longer crashes and text can be read normally. - 32-bit build of the same version of NPP works as well as it used to before this change. - Older version of Notepad++ x64 works normally and long is used for characters points there. - Different editor (teXnicCenter) using Scintilla is not negatively affected. - The newly introduced appmodule can be imported by using from nvdaBuiltin.appModules import notepadPlusPlus in an add-on.
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Steps to reproduce:
Alternatively, with an installed version you can just open a file from explorer.
Actual behavior:
Notepad++ crashes (the app closes), NVDA fails to retrieve file content.
Expected behavior:
No crash, access to file content.
System configuration
NVDA installed/portable/running from source:
Installed
NVDA version:
alpha-24583,61000de2
Windows version:
10 21H2
Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:
Notepad++ 8.3 (installed and portable versions)
Other information about your system:
N/A
Other questions
Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?
Yes
Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.
No. But no problem with Notepad++ 8.2.1 and earlier.
If add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?
Yes
Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?
Yes
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