Input Composition: No braille feedback in notepad++: when typing to the composition string

[surfer0627]

This issue was originally posted on this page.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open notepad++.
2. Press alt + space to switch input method (Chinese New Phonetic)
3. Typing characters to the composition string "ㄘㄜˋㄕˋ" (= Alpha numeric input: "hk4g4")

Actual behavior:

You receive speech output, but no feedback in braille.

Expected behavior:

NVDA braille dots: 245 2346 5 24 156 5 -

NVDA logs, crash dumps and other attachments:

• nvda 2022.2.log

line 521

• nvda 2021.3.log

line 513

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

installed

NVDA version:

2022.2

Windows version:

Windows version 10.0.19042

Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:

• Notepad++ v8.2.1 (32-bit x86)
• Notepad++ v8.4.5 (32-bit x86)

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.

This problem didn't occur with 2021.3.

It occurs with 2022.1, 2022.2, alpha-26528.

If addons are disabled, is your problem still occuring?

Yes.

Did you try to run the COM registry fixing tool in NVDA menu / tools?

No.

NVDA settings:

NVDA Language: 中文 (繁體，台灣), zh_TW

Input Composition:

(x) Report changes to the composition string

input method:

Chinese New Phonetic)

suggested labels:

component/braille

Asian character input,

[feerrenrut]

Likely related to https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/14152

This will need some investigation.