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Applying highlight to a table cell will incorrectly applied the color to the other cell in MS Word
Steps to reproduce:
- make sure color reporting is enable in nvda document setting page and uia for word is enabled
- create a empty table with 2x2 rows and columns in a MS word file
- on row 1 column 2, type the word hello
- press shift tab and tab again to select the whole cell, i.e. the cell which i have entered 'hello'
- on the menu selecte the button to hightlight the word with yello
- tap twice to move to row 2 column 2, this time nvda is reporting that the background color is yellow
- i have also check by pressing nvda + f, and nvda is also reporting that thebackground color is yellow
Actual behavior:
Expected behavior:
the row 2 column 2 should not be in yellow background as I have only selected the row 1 column 2 cell to highlight
NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments:
System configuration
NVDA installed/portable/running from source:
portable
NVDA version:
nvda 2022.3 beta4
Windows version:
Windows home ed 21h2
Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:
MS office 365 for enterprise 16.0.15601.20088
Other information about your system:
Other questions
Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?
yes
Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.
yes, this problem also existed in nvda 2022
If NVDA add-ons are disabled, is your problem still occurring?
I tested it in a newly created nvda portable copy
Does the issue still occur after you run the COM Registration Fixing Tool in NVDA's tools menu?
not tried
I am unable to reproduce this. Feel free to reopen the issue and provide a NVDA log with log level set to input/output, showing the issue being produced.
Sorry I do not know how to reopen this issue, and also, it is like the error is not always being reproduced.