When performing say all in the log viewer cared isn't following spoken text.

[lukaszgo1]

Steps to reproduce:

1. open log viewer.
2. perform say all.
3. stop say all after some lines, and check caret location with NVDA+up arrow.

Actual behavior:

Caret is in the place from which you've started reading.

Expected behavior:

Caret should follow like in the notepad or MS Word.

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

Installed

NVDA version:

2018.4.1 tested also with recent Alpha.

Windows version:

Windows 7

Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:

None

Other information about your system:

Other questions

Does the issue still occur after restarting your PC?

Yes

Have you tried any other versions of NVDA?

Back to 2017.1 the issue was present in every version

[zahra21]

hello.
i tested with nvda 2017.3 on windows xp two times and i could not reproduce the issue.

[feerrenrut]

Rather than fix this log viewer issue, my preference would be to replace the log viewer with the following:

• A read only text box for 'devInfo'
• A button to open the log file in a default text editor.
  • Text editors such as Notepad++ have auto/manual refresh functionality, and the ability to save a copy of the file.
• A command to open the log in default editor directly so users can override the NVDA+F1 shortcut if they wish.

@michaelDCurran @jcsteh @LeonarddeR any opinion on this?

[lukaszgo1]

@feerrenrut I've used log viewer just as a convenient example. This problem occurs with most wx.TextCtrl's which I've seen in the wild - it is particularly problematic in apps used for reading longer texts such as QRead.

[feerrenrut]

Ah, thanks for pointing that out @lukaszgo1