Post a caret moved accessibility event in Editor::MovedCaret so that screen

readers like NVDA will speak when extending the selection with a Shift+Down key
combination scrolls but does not move the caret position relative to the screen.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/Editor.cxx b/src/Editor.cxx
index 9a41bab09..125399622 100644
--- a/src/Editor.cxx
+++ b/src/Editor.cxx
@@ -828,6 +828,7 @@ void Editor::MovedCaret(SelectionPosition newPos, SelectionPosition previousPos,
 	}
 
 	ShowCaretAtCurrentPosition();
+	NotifyCaretMove();
 
 	ClaimSelection();
 	SetHoverIndicatorPosition(sel.MainCaret());
@@ -1437,6 +1438,9 @@ void Editor::InvalidateCaret() {
 	UpdateSystemCaret();
 }
 
+void Editor::NotifyCaretMove() {
+}
+
 void Editor::UpdateSystemCaret() {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Editor.h b/src/Editor.h
index c1545d34b..93a86fa39 100644
--- a/src/Editor.h
+++ b/src/Editor.h
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ protected:	// ScintillaBase subclass needs access to much of Editor
 	void DropCaret();
 	void CaretSetPeriod(int period);
 	void InvalidateCaret();
+	virtual void NotifyCaretMove();
 	virtual void UpdateSystemCaret();
 
 	bool Wrapping() const;