Counter, NVDA add-on

General Description

This add-on will allow you to perform various functions with text.

Whether you have it on your clipboard or selected in a text box, this will work.

Counter Functions

The following functions are available, both with a command layer and with an assignable gesture. You can access the gestures from NVDA menu > preferences > input gestures > counter.

Below are the functions.

• Count characters from the clipboard or a selected text.
• Count words from the clipboard or a selected text.
• Count lines from the clipboard or a selected text.
• View the text from the clipboard in an NVDA navigable window.

Command Layer

The following keys perform an action while the command layer is active.

• c. Counts characters from the clipboard.
• alt+c. Counts characters from a selected text.
• p. Counts words from the clipboard.
• alt+p. Counts words from a selected text.
• l. Counts lines from the clipboard.
• alt+l. Counts lines from a selected text.
• m. Shows the text from the clipboard in an NVDA navigable window.

When performing an action with the command layer, it will exit, deactivating itself. If for any reason a key that does not have an associated function is pressed, it will beep indicating that no function has been assigned to the pressed key.

Version History

1. Version 1.0. Initial release with counting functions.
2. Version 2.0. Added the ability to reassign keyboard shortcuts and added a new category in NVDA input gestures for these functions.
3. Version 2.0.1. Added a function that allows viewing the copied text on the clipboard in an NVDA message window. Uses the initial shortcut, NVDA + CTRL + E, modifiable from input gestures.
4. Version 2.0.2. Made the add-on translatable, now available in English.
5. Version 2.0.3. The add-on will not run on secure screens.
6. Version 2.0.4. If there is some html text, for example: <h1>Hello</h1>, which shows a header, the formatted content will be displayed in the message window.
7. Version 2.0.5. The functionality to display html text has been temporarily removed. At the same time, a command layer has been added, which can be modified in input gestures. Initially, it has the command NVDA+shift+c.

Additional Notes

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