Browse mode allows you to navigate the page using standard screen reader shortcuts (e.g. * “Focus mode” allows you to enter data into form fields. Toggle between focus mode and browse mode To previous heading, landmark, table, focusable item, etc. Show list of all links, headings, form fields, buttons, and landmarks Start reading continuously from this point on This is useful for sighted users learning NVDA for testing purposes. Turn on Speech Viewer: Enabling Speech Viewer opens a window that shows everything NVDA states. NVDA automatically switches between Browse and Focus modes, but the user can toggle them using Insert + Space Bar. Browse and Focus Modesīrowse Mode: Browse mode is used when reading documents or web pages.įocus Mode: Focus mode is used when the user enters a form or other fields that require user input. Note also that these keyboard shortcuts are for NVDA's desktop keyboard layout setting some shortcuts are different when using NVDA's laptop keyboard layout setting.
If you have changed your settings, you may need to substitute the Caps Lock key in the place of the Insert key. In the tables below, the assumption is that the Insert key is being used as the NVDA modifier key. By default, both the Numpad Insert key and the Extended Insert key are set as NVDA modifier keys, but users can designate the Caps Lock key as an additional NVDA modifier key. Note: Some keyboard shortcuts require using the NVDA modifier key. NVDA also has decent support for Internet Explorer, but the best testing combinations are NVDA + Firefox, NVDA + Chrome, and NVDA + Edge. Image Credit: Radu B ercan/ works well with Firefox, Chrome, and Edge.
The blue screen of death indicates that your Windows operating system has completely crashed, and all you can do is restart your PC. Of course, if you see a blue screen of death, this shortcut won’t help.
It’s not good for your computer to power it off in this way, but this is all you can do if your PC is frozen. Wait a few seconds before turning the PC back on with the power button. To do so, press your computer’s power button and hold it down for about ten seconds, until the PC powers off.
If your computer doesn’t respond to any of these keyboard shortcuts, even after you restart its graphics driver, you’ll probably need to perform a hard shutdown. You can also try pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open the Task Manager directly, or press Alt+Tab or Win+Tab to try switching applications. If you see a black screen or you’re stuck in an unresponsive full-screen game, be sure to try the Ctrl+Alt+Delete shortcut after restarting your graphics drivers.
Windows 10 uses your graphics hardware to accelerate the drawing of your desktop and even modern web browsers use it to speed up web page rendering. This shortcut can fix freezes that occur while playing 3D games, but it can also recover from freezes that occur while you’re just using your PC normally. However, if your computer froze because of a problem with your graphics drivers, this shortcut may fix it. There’s no guarantee that this will fix a system freeze. Whatever graphics hardware your PC has, it will work. This keyboard shortcut is part of the Windows 10 operating system, so it will restart NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel graphics drivers.