NVDA Cursor Location Announcement Issue

By Maldalain, 13 August, 2025

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When I edit Microsoft Word document and use the command to know the cursor location with NVDA, sometimes I get numeric values. For example, Positioned at 1580, 607. Other times I get this in centimeters which is my preferred way of announcing cursor location. Sometimes this happens even if the content under cursor is text. Any idea how to keep this announcement in CMs not in numeric values?

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By Maldalain on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 - 14:48

In my numeric keypad windows laptop, I press Insert + delete to get system caret location.

By Brian on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 - 18:56

I did not know about this shortcut, though there is a similar one with NVDA plus Backspace, which is supposed to set focus.
To answer your initial question, I am not sure how to make it give consistent cm measurements.
Apologies. If I find anything out, I will update this post. 🙂

By Brian on Thursday, August 14, 2025 - 21:03

When you are using this shortcut, what do you hear exactly? Also what do you hear when you do a double press of this shortcut?

For example, on this thread, with my cursor focused on the Heading at level 1, which is the topic starter of this thread, I get the following. Keep in mind this is on Firefox at full screen:

Single press: 5%, at 291, 313
Double press: Object edges positioned 0.0 percent from left edge of screen, 0.0 percent from top edge of screen, width is 100.0 percent of screen, height is 100.0 percent of screen

Would you mind copying/pasting what you get when you use this? Doesn't matter where, or which app, I am just curious as to how you are sometimes getting readouts in cm.

Thanks in advance. 🙂

By Maldalain on Friday, August 15, 2025 - 11:35

These are all done in the same Word document, also it is text all the time, no another type of content. Here what is said:
One press:
2.54 centimeters from left edge of page, 2.54 centimeters from top edge of page

Double press:
Object edges positioned 0.0 percent from left edge of screen, 22.0 percent from top edge of screen, width is 98.8 percent of screen, height is 75.2 percent of screen

Few lines down the same document:
One press:
Positioned at 639, 720

Double press:
Object edges positioned 0.0 percent from left edge of screen, 22.0 percent from top edge of screen, width is 98.8 percent of screen, height is 75.2 percent of screen

Again, that's all in the same Word document, content is all textual.

By Brian on Friday, August 15, 2025 - 15:35

I will keep investigating. I have no idea why you sometimes get centimeters and sometimes get, whatever the other thing is, inches or pixels? Wondering if this is a region setting, or an NVDA setting that I am missing? Either way, I'll keep looking into it. I am very curious as to how you're getting those readings.

Edit: forgot to ask what version of NVDA you are running? I am running 2025.2, the latest version which reportedly has support for the new Monarch braille display.