Ok, Brian, thanks for clearing that up. Honestly, the only reason knew about this in the first place was since before NVDA offered a screen curtain, this was a form of

Jacob, That doesn't work anymore, at least since Windows 10 and possibly Windows 8.1. That's the reason devices like the HDMI dummy monitor dongle came into existence. If Windows does not detect a

Wasn't going to join in here since it's not necessarily NVDA-related, but, if you hit windows key + P on machines from, I think, windows 7 upwards, and then select second screen only, as

Kareen, I am still exploring whether this can be accomplished programmatically using scripts, but one tech gave a workable solution if you are willing/able to purchase an inexpensive ($6.99) HDMI

Thanks Brian, if this is possible that will be very useful. I don't know why Dell's laptops are missing all of those useful shortcuts. Actually you don't know the importance of something until you

Screen curtain turns off the actual display part of the screen (as in it does go completely black) but it does NOT turn off the backlighting. That definitely saves some power, but not as much as

Maybe the help button isn't available in the newest version. In the version I am using, compatible with recent versions of NVDA, but I don't think the current version of NVDA, there is a help

Where did the sighted person look at the screen? Was it dark in the room or was there light from other sources? Others may comment but I would think that if you set the brightness as low as

This [particular add-on doesn't have that help button, which is what prompted the original question. Mary On 6/7/2022 8:23 AM, Gene wrote:

Zahra my old laptop was with a 4th generation CPU but i think until now many laptop brands still include a keyboard shortcut to turn off the screen but unfortunately my Dell is not having this

As the down arrow activates automatically the next chat, when I'm on the chat list, I use the object navigation, NVDA+4 to return, NVDA+6 to advance. Em 03/06/2022 17:53,

Also, if you open tools, in the NVDA menu, open Manage Add-ons, then down arrow to the add-on you want to know about, you can then tab to an add-on help button. Press the space bar on the

This page, from which you can download the add-on, contains an explanation of what you can do with it. https://addons.nvda-project.org/addons/mozillaScripts.en.html If you have

Could someone please refresh my memory as to the keystrokes for navigating to various fields in an open message in Thunderbird that are possible with the Mozilla Apps Enhancements add-on. I looked in

Whether you can turn off the screen or not, you can dim the screen to a point where, I would think, little power would be used and the screen being on would have a negligible effect on running

hi. thanks so much for your reporting this matter. i thought that i am the only person who has this issue. i wish to set basic html view forever. i dont know why it is not working anymore. -- By

hi. what is your previous laptop cpu generation? if i am correct, the laptops which support vga displays, we can turn off the screen. -- By God, were I given all the seven heavens with all they

I see no meaningful benefit to doing any of that. If the computer still works well as it is, you might get more life from it by replacing the hard drive but then again, the hard drive might

That is pretty old. I wonder if it would benefit from a completely clean install of windows and your other applications? That, and replacing the spinning drive with a solid state one if it still has

Hi Group, OK, I should have mentioned this in my original post. The computer is an 8 year old AMD clone with 16 GB RAM and a 6 core processor. -- Signature: For a nation to admit it has done