Add-Ons Manager: Generating a List of Installed Add-ons and their states #14613


Luke Davis
 

David Ingram wrote:

when i go in to add-ons manager, i do find the add-ons that i have and these add-ons beeing enabled.  That
is what i already find when accessing add-ons manager.  If someone doesn't find the same thing, i'm not sure what to say as it relates to that. thank you.
David, we all find the same thing. Now let me ask you a question.

If you needed to tell somebody else what all of your add-ons are, what are their versions, and whether each one is enabled or disabled: how would you do that?

How would you get all of that information to somebody else who was trying to help you?

Luke


Gene
 

For now, the only way to do it might be to use the NVDA copy to clipboard feature, move by object to each add-on, and copy the information that way.  It works, I just tried it.  Not very efficient but it can be done.  I'm giving this method in case people may want to use it but it doesn't detract from the need for such a feature as is being discussed.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:11 AM, Luke Davis wrote:
David Ingram wrote:

when i go in to add-ons manager, i do find the add-ons that i have and these add-ons beeing enabled.  That
is what i already find when accessing add-ons manager.  If someone doesn't find the same thing, i'm not sure what to say as it relates to that. thank you.
David, we all find the same thing. Now let me ask you a question.

If you needed to tell somebody else what all of your add-ons are, what are their versions, and whether each one is enabled or disabled: how would you do that?

How would you get all of that information to somebody else who was trying to help you?

Luke




Gene
 

I just checked.  You can do this with screen review and the NVDA copy to clipboard function but the information isn't nearly as well organized as doing it the other way.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:28 AM, Gene via groups.io wrote:
For now, the only way to do it might be to use the NVDA copy to clipboard feature, move by object to each add-on, and copy the information that way.  It works, I just tried it.  Not very efficient but it can be done.  I'm giving this method in case people may want to use it but it doesn't detract from the need for such a feature as is being discussed.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:11 AM, Luke Davis wrote:
David Ingram wrote:

when i go in to add-ons manager, i do find the add-ons that i have and these add-ons beeing enabled.  That
is what i already find when accessing add-ons manager.  If someone doesn't find the same thing, i'm not sure what to say as it relates to that. thank you.
David, we all find the same thing. Now let me ask you a question.

If you needed to tell somebody else what all of your add-ons are, what are their versions, and whether each one is enabled or disabled: how would you do that?

How would you get all of that information to somebody else who was trying to help you?

Luke








Gene
 

A possible correction:
I'm not sure if the screen review method will work properly.  I don't have many add-ons installed and I'm not sure if screen review will allow all add-ons to be copied to the clipboard if there are more.  I'm not sure if it will see all of them.  It may depend on whether they all fit on the screen when being viewed.

Gene

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:35 AM, Gene wrote:
I just checked.  You can do this with screen review and the NVDA copy to clipboard function but the information isn't nearly as well organized as doing it the other way.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:28 AM, Gene via groups.io wrote:
For now, the only way to do it might be to use the NVDA copy to clipboard feature, move by object to each add-on, and copy the information that way.  It works, I just tried it.  Not very efficient but it can be done.  I'm giving this method in case people may want to use it but it doesn't detract from the need for such a feature as is being discussed.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:11 AM, Luke Davis wrote:
David Ingram wrote:

when i go in to add-ons manager, i do find the add-ons that i have and these add-ons beeing enabled.  That
is what i already find when accessing add-ons manager.  If someone doesn't find the same thing, i'm not sure what to say as it relates to that. thank you.
David, we all find the same thing. Now let me ask you a question.

If you needed to tell somebody else what all of your add-ons are, what are their versions, and whether each one is enabled or disabled: how would you do that?

How would you get all of that information to somebody else who was trying to help you?

Luke








David Ingram
 

Hi Luke That information is also in the add-ons manager concerning the add-ons, and the version of the add-on and whether it is up-to-date. What other information is needed

-----Original Message-----
From: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Feb 8, 2023 3:41 AM
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [nvda] Add-Ons Manager: Generating a List of Installed Add-ons and their states #14613

A possible correction:
I'm not sure if the screen review method will work properly. I don't have many add-ons installed and I'm not sure if screen review will allow all add-ons to be copied to the clipboard if there are more. I'm not sure if it will see all of them. It may depend on whether they all fit on the screen when being viewed.

Gene

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:35 AM, Gene wrote:
I just checked. You can do this with screen review and the NVDA copy > to clipboard function but the information isn't nearly as well > organized as doing it the other way.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:28 AM, Gene via groups.io wrote:
For now, the only way to do it might be to use the NVDA copy to >> clipboard feature, move by object to each add-on, and copy the >> information that way. It works, I just tried it. Not very efficient >> but it can be done. I'm giving this method in case people may want >> to use it but it doesn't detract from the need for such a feature as >> is being discussed.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:11 AM, Luke Davis wrote:
David Ingram wrote:

when i go in to add-ons manager, i do find the add-ons that i have >>>> and these add-ons beeing enabled. That
is what i already find when accessing add-ons manager. If someone >>>> doesn't find the same thing, i'm not sure what to say as it relates >>>> to that. thank you.
David, we all find the same thing. Now let me ask you a question.

If you needed to tell somebody else what all of your add-ons are, >>> what are their versions, and whether each one is enabled or >>> disabled: how would you do that?

How would you get all of that information to somebody else who was >>> trying to help you?

Luke







Luke Davis
 

David Ingram wrote:

Hi Luke That information is also in the add-ons manager concerning the add-ons, and the version of the add-on and whether it is up-to-date. What other information is needed
David, the point isn't what you can see about add-ons. The point is: if someone asks you to provide your entire list of add-ons, versions, and enabled/disabled state, to them--perhaps by email--there is no current convenient way for you to do that.

The feature being discussed is to allow you to easily copy all of that information, so you can share it to someone else. It isn't about you, yourself, being able to read it!

We can all obviously access our own list of add-ons, versions, and states, through the add-ons manager. But giving that information to support people or mailing lists like this one, is currently difficult without a lot of tiresome copying and pasting.

Luke


David Ingram
 

Hi just to confirm, to luke and all i did find that when i go to add-ons manager i did find where the add-ons are listed, as well as their version. Since i only had three add-ons listed that is not a problem but maybe someone else has a point concerning when there is a long list of add-ons in the add-ons manager.

-----Original Message-----
From: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Feb 8, 2023 3:12 AM
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [nvda] Add-Ons Manager: Generating a List of Installed Add-ons and their states #14613

David Ingram wrote:

when i go in to add-ons manager, i do find the add-ons that i have and these add-ons beeing enabled. That
is what i already find when accessing add-ons manager. If someone doesn't find the same thing, i'm not sure what to say as it relates to that. thank you.
David, we all find the same thing. Now let me ask you a question.

If you needed to tell somebody else what all of your add-ons are, what are their versions, and whether each one is enabled or disabled: how would you do that?

How would you get all of that information to somebody else who was trying to help you?

Luke


 

Hi David,

No, that's not what is being asked (sorry). What is being asked is a feature to copy all this information to somewhere in one sweep so someone diagnosing a potential issue with add-ons can offer further support towards resolving issues.

Cheers,

Joseph


David Ingram
 

Thank you Luke and Joseph for the clarification.  I really appreciate it.

-----Original Message-----
From: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Feb 8, 2023 5:00 AM
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [nvda] Add-Ons Manager: Generating a List of Installed Add-ons and their states #14613

 

Hi David,

No, that's not what is being asked (sorry). What is being asked is a feature to copy all this information to somewhere in one sweep so someone diagnosing a potential issue with add-ons can offer further support towards resolving issues.

Cheers,

Joseph

 


Rui Fontes
 

You simply activate the add-on, go to the add-on manager window and arrow down through the add-ons list...

When finished, deactivate the add-on and a text file is showed to you with all the information...


Best regards,

Rui Fontes
NVDA portuguese team

It is easier to accomplish that using the add-on NVDA Recorder...


Às 09:40 de 08/02/2023, Gene escreveu:

A possible correction:
I'm not sure if the screen review method will work properly.  I don't have many add-ons installed and I'm not sure if screen review will allow all add-ons to be copied to the clipboard if there are more.  I'm not sure if it will see all of them.  It may depend on whether they all fit on the screen when being viewed.

Gene

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:35 AM, Gene wrote:
I just checked.  You can do this with screen review and the NVDA copy to clipboard function but the information isn't nearly as well organized as doing it the other way.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:28 AM, Gene via groups.io wrote:
For now, the only way to do it might be to use the NVDA copy to clipboard feature, move by object to each add-on, and copy the information that way.  It works, I just tried it.  Not very efficient but it can be done.  I'm giving this method in case people may want to use it but it doesn't detract from the need for such a feature as is being discussed.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:11 AM, Luke Davis wrote:
David Ingram wrote:

when i go in to add-ons manager, i do find the add-ons that i have and these add-ons beeing enabled.  That
is what i already find when accessing add-ons manager.  If someone doesn't find the same thing, i'm not sure what to say as it relates to that. thank you.
David, we all find the same thing. Now let me ask you a question.

If you needed to tell somebody else what all of your add-ons are, what are their versions, and whether each one is enabled or disabled: how would you do that?

How would you get all of that information to somebody else who was trying to help you?

Luke












Gene
 

The ways being discussed may help people but I want to state again that they don't diminish the need for a specific feature in Manage Add-ons. 

Gene

On 2/8/2023 5:23 AM, Rui Fontes wrote:

You simply activate the add-on, go to the add-on manager window and arrow down through the add-ons list...

When finished, deactivate the add-on and a text file is showed to you with all the information...


Best regards,

Rui Fontes
NVDA portuguese team

It is easier to accomplish that using the add-on NVDA Recorder...


Às 09:40 de 08/02/2023, Gene escreveu:
A possible correction:
I'm not sure if the screen review method will work properly.  I don't have many add-ons installed and I'm not sure if screen review will allow all add-ons to be copied to the clipboard if there are more.  I'm not sure if it will see all of them.  It may depend on whether they all fit on the screen when being viewed.

Gene

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:35 AM, Gene wrote:
I just checked.  You can do this with screen review and the NVDA copy to clipboard function but the information isn't nearly as well organized as doing it the other way.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:28 AM, Gene via groups.io wrote:
For now, the only way to do it might be to use the NVDA copy to clipboard feature, move by object to each add-on, and copy the information that way.  It works, I just tried it.  Not very efficient but it can be done.  I'm giving this method in case people may want to use it but it doesn't detract from the need for such a feature as is being discussed.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:11 AM, Luke Davis wrote:
David Ingram wrote:

when i go in to add-ons manager, i do find the add-ons that i have and these add-ons beeing enabled.  That
is what i already find when accessing add-ons manager.  If someone doesn't find the same thing, i'm not sure what to say as it relates to that. thank you.

David, we all find the same thing. Now let me ask you a question.

If you needed to tell somebody else what all of your add-ons are, what are their versions, and whether each one is enabled or disabled: how would you do that?

How would you get all of that information to somebody else who was trying to help you?

Luke

























Rui Fontes
 

I agree with you...


Best regards,

Rui Fontes
NVDA portuguese team


Às 11:39 de 08/02/2023, Gene escreveu:

The ways being discussed may help people but I want to state again that they don't diminish the need for a specific feature in Manage Add-ons. 

Gene

On 2/8/2023 5:23 AM, Rui Fontes wrote:
You simply activate the add-on, go to the add-on manager window and arrow down through the add-ons list...

When finished, deactivate the add-on and a text file is showed to you with all the information...


Best regards,

Rui Fontes
NVDA portuguese team

It is easier to accomplish that using the add-on NVDA Recorder...


Às 09:40 de 08/02/2023, Gene escreveu:
A possible correction:
I'm not sure if the screen review method will work properly.  I don't have many add-ons installed and I'm not sure if screen review will allow all add-ons to be copied to the clipboard if there are more.  I'm not sure if it will see all of them.  It may depend on whether they all fit on the screen when being viewed.

Gene

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:35 AM, Gene wrote:
I just checked.  You can do this with screen review and the NVDA copy to clipboard function but the information isn't nearly as well organized as doing it the other way.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:28 AM, Gene via groups.io wrote:
For now, the only way to do it might be to use the NVDA copy to clipboard feature, move by object to each add-on, and copy the information that way.  It works, I just tried it.  Not very efficient but it can be done.  I'm giving this method in case people may want to use it but it doesn't detract from the need for such a feature as is being discussed.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:11 AM, Luke Davis wrote:
David Ingram wrote:

when i go in to add-ons manager, i do find the add-ons that i have and these add-ons beeing enabled.  That
is what i already find when accessing add-ons manager.  If someone doesn't find the same thing, i'm not sure what to say as it relates to that. thank you.

David, we all find the same thing. Now let me ask you a question.

If you needed to tell somebody else what all of your add-ons are, what are their versions, and whether each one is enabled or disabled: how would you do that?

How would you get all of that information to somebody else who was trying to help you?

Luke

























Sarah k Alawami
 

Why not use the history viewer, add on, copy that to the clipboard then use windows clipboard manager to paste all of that into notepad.

-----Original Message-----
From: nvda@nvda.groups.io <nvda@nvda.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene
Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 1:36 AM
To: nvda@nvda.groups.io
Subject: Re: [nvda] Add-Ons Manager: Generating a List of Installed Add-ons and their states #14613

I just checked. You can do this with screen review and the NVDA copy to clipboard function but the information isn't nearly as well organized as doing it the other way.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:28 AM, Gene via groups.io wrote:
For now, the only way to do it might be to use the NVDA copy to
clipboard feature, move by object to each add-on, and copy the
information that way. It works, I just tried it. Not very efficient
but it can be done. I'm giving this method in case people may want to
use it but it doesn't detract from the need for such a feature as is
being discussed.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:11 AM, Luke Davis wrote:
David Ingram wrote:

when i go in to add-ons manager, i do find the add-ons that i have
and these add-ons beeing enabled. That is what i already find when
accessing add-ons manager. If someone doesn't find the same thing,
i'm not sure what to say as it relates to that. thank you.
David, we all find the same thing. Now let me ask you a question.

If you needed to tell somebody else what all of your add-ons are,
what are their versions, and whether each one is enabled or disabled:
how would you do that?

How would you get all of that information to somebody else who was
trying to help you?

Luke
















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On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 01:23 AM, Gene wrote:
I wasn't referring to your message.
-
Then, for the love of heaven, Gene, don't quote it.  My message is the message that is quoted (bottom quoted) in your reply.

If you're replying to the email message that's pertinent, that's what should show up at the bottom.  The only reason I'm POed is because nothing you said has any strong ties to anything I said in the message quoted.  And your main thrust was, "that doesn't deal with the points I raised," about things I made no comments on at all.  That's confusing, to say the least.
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Gene
 

I didn't quote anything.  I said I agree with the comments about about screen-readers being work arounds.  Joseph made the comments and you agreed but I didn't have your message under mine. 

Gene

On 2/8/2023 10:02 AM, Brian Vogel wrote:

On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 01:23 AM, Gene wrote:
I wasn't referring to your message.
-
Then, for the love of heaven, Gene, don't quote it.  My message is the message that is quoted (bottom quoted) in your reply.

If you're replying to the email message that's pertinent, that's what should show up at the bottom.  The only reason I'm POed is because nothing you said has any strong ties to anything I said in the message quoted.  And your main thrust was, "that doesn't deal with the points I raised," about things I made no comments on at all.  That's confusing, to say the least.
--

Brian Virginia, USA Windows 11 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 22H2, Build 22621; Office 2016, Version 16.0.15726.20188, 32-bit

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

       ~ Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881



Gene
 

I see what the confusion is.  I thought I had replied to Joseph's message because when I checked, I saw his quote at the start of your message and I thought it was his.  I am careful to reply to messages with the message I am referring to underneath but I didn't this time.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 10:11 AM, Gene via groups.io wrote:

I didn't quote anything.  I said I agree with the comments about about screen-readers being work arounds.  Joseph made the comments and you agreed but I didn't have your message under mine. 

Gene

On 2/8/2023 10:02 AM, Brian Vogel wrote:
On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 01:23 AM, Gene wrote:
I wasn't referring to your message.
-
Then, for the love of heaven, Gene, don't quote it.  My message is the message that is quoted (bottom quoted) in your reply.

If you're replying to the email message that's pertinent, that's what should show up at the bottom.  The only reason I'm POed is because nothing you said has any strong ties to anything I said in the message quoted.  And your main thrust was, "that doesn't deal with the points I raised," about things I made no comments on at all.  That's confusing, to say the least.
--

Brian Virginia, USA Windows 11 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 22H2, Build 22621; Office 2016, Version 16.0.15726.20188, 32-bit

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

       ~ Benjamin Disraeli, 1804-1881




 

Hi all,

I think this partly comes from which email one is replying to. I suspect it began when Gene replied to a message that Brian V wrote (located at the bottom), in turn that message did quote my own message at the top. In some ways, it sounds like a repeat of a long gone thread and a resulting discussion many years ago (here or somewhere) about top versus bottom quoted posts and the confusion it generates.

Cheers,

Joseph


Gene
 

I didn't think it mattered which one I replied to because of the context.  Then when I checked later, I thought I had replied to yours but on checking now I see that I didn't. 

Gene
On 2/8/2023 10:23 AM, Joseph Lee wrote:

Hi all,

I think this partly comes from which email one is replying to. I suspect it began when Gene replied to a message that Brian V wrote (located at the bottom), in turn that message did quote my own message at the top. In some ways, it sounds like a repeat of a long gone thread and a resulting discussion many years ago (here or somewhere) about top versus bottom quoted posts and the confusion it generates.

Cheers,

Joseph



Dave Grossoehme
 

Jean are you sure all the information will fit?  Especially, if there are many in the users list along with all necessary information, such as the version and author of the add on.

Dave

On 2/8/2023 4:40 AM, Gene wrote:
A possible correction:
I'm not sure if the screen review method will work properly.  I don't have many add-ons installed and I'm not sure if screen review will allow all add-ons to be copied to the clipboard if there are more.  I'm not sure if it will see all of them.  It may depend on whether they all fit on the screen when being viewed.

Gene

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:35 AM, Gene wrote:
I just checked.  You can do this with screen review and the NVDA copy to clipboard function but the information isn't nearly as well organized as doing it the other way.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:28 AM, Gene via groups.io wrote:
For now, the only way to do it might be to use the NVDA copy to clipboard feature, move by object to each add-on, and copy the information that way.  It works, I just tried it.  Not very efficient but it can be done.  I'm giving this method in case people may want to use it but it doesn't detract from the need for such a feature as is being discussed.

Gene

On 2/8/2023 3:11 AM, Luke Davis wrote:
David Ingram wrote:

when i go in to add-ons manager, i do find the add-ons that i have and these add-ons beeing enabled.  That
is what i already find when accessing add-ons manager.  If someone doesn't find the same thing, i'm not sure what to say as it relates to that. thank you.
David, we all find the same thing. Now let me ask you a question.

If you needed to tell somebody else what all of your add-ons are, what are their versions, and whether each one is enabled or disabled: how would you do that?

How would you get all of that information to somebody else who was trying to help you?

Luke












Dave Grossoehme
 

Hi David:  With only 3 add on's how quickly can you send that list to someone else, especially if you are trying to be as efficient in doing so?

Dave

On 2/8/2023 5:57 AM, David Ingram wrote:
Hi just to confirm, to luke and all i did find that when i go to add-ons manager i did find where the add-ons are listed, as well as their version. Since i only had three add-ons listed that is not a problem but maybe someone else has a point concerning when there is a long list of add-ons in the add-ons manager.
-----Original Message-----
From: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Sent: Feb 8, 2023 3:12 AM
To: <nvda@nvda.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [nvda] Add-Ons Manager: Generating a List of Installed Add-ons and their states #14613

David Ingram wrote:

when i go in to add-ons manager, i do find the add-ons that i have and these add-ons beeing enabled. That
is what i already find when accessing add-ons manager. If someone doesn't find the same thing, i'm not sure what to say as it relates to that. thank you.
David, we all find the same thing. Now let me ask you a question.

If you needed to tell somebody else what all of your add-ons are, what are their versions, and whether each one is enabled or disabled: how would you do that?

How would you get all of that information to somebody else who was trying to help you?

Luke