microsoft / microsoft/terminal

UIA: reduce number of extraneous text change events in conhost

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Area-Accessibility Issue-Task Product-Conhost Product-Terminal
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Description

NVDA has trouble processing large numbers of events, leading to hangs of the entire UIA client implementation (nvaccess/nvda#11002). Consider the possibility of reducing the number of events we send to capture the fact that text changed without creating unnecessary work for clients.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing how conhost emits UIA text-change events and the referenced NVDA issue nvaccess/nvda#11002. Determine which events are extraneous and define a reduction that preserves text-change reporting without causing UIA clients to hang.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
accessibility, cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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