Jump to Window NVDA Add-on

This add-on, first developed in 2015, allows NVDA users to quickly jump to windows by searching for text in their titles or console content.

Features

• Quickly focus windows by searching for text in their titles
• Search console windows for specific text content
• Support for regular expressions in searches
• Simple keyboard shortcut (NVDA+) to activate the search dialog

Usage

1. Press NVDA+\ to open the search dialog
2. Type the text or regular expression you want to search for
3. Press Enter to search
4. If a matching window is found, it will be brought to the foreground and focused

For details about NVDA add-on development, please see the NVDA Add-on Development Guide. The NVDA add-on development/discussion list is here

Copyright (C) 2015-2025 Jump to Window add-on contributors.

This package is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later. Please see the file COPYING.txt for further details.

Technical Information

This add-on works by: 1. Searching through all desktop windows for matching titles 2. If no title matches, searching through console windows for matching text 3. Focusing the first matching window found

Development

To build the add-on from source:

1. Clone the repository
2. Open a command prompt and navigate to the repository folder
3. Run scons to build the add-on
4. The built add-on will be placed in the current directory

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

License

This package is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.