Control Usage Assistant

• Author: Joseph Lee
• Download stable version
• NVDA compatibility: 2017.3 to 2019.2

Use this add-on to find out how to interact with the focused control. Press NvDA+H to obtain a short help message on interacting with the focused control, such as checkboxes, edit fields and so on.

Version 3.0/19.11

• Version scheme is now year.month.
• When NVDA+H is pressed, a help screen will be displayed instead of a flash message being shown.

Version 2.5

• Compatible with Python 3.

Version 2.1

• New and updated translations.

Version 2.0

• Help messages for more controls added, including terminal windows.
• Added help messages for working in some areas of applications, such as Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint and Windows 8 start screen.
• Added help messages for working with forms in both browse and focus modes in virtual buffer documents (Internet Explorer, Adobe Reader, Mozilla Firefox, etc.).
• New language: Danish.

Version 1.0

• Initial version.