ObjPad
Perform various NVDA object commands by pressing a single key, including navigation and more.
Commands
- Control+NVDA+TAB: Steps through arrow key modes (see below for details).
Arrow key modes
The add-on provides four ways to use arrow keys:
- Classic (or normal mode): use arrow keys to move cursor.
- Object nav: use arrow keys to move to next/previous/parent/first child objects.
- Browse mode: use arrow keys to cycle through browse mode elements (web included) and move between them.
- Scan mode: use arrow keys to move through objects on screen regardless of hierarchy.
The following commands are available with arrow keys set to object nav:
- Right arrow: next object.
- Left arrow: previous object.
- Up arrow: parent object.
- Down arrow: first child object.
- SPACE or ENTER: activate.
With browse mode active (elements are default (moving by object/all elements), heading, table, link, form field, list; additional browse mode elements can be added via NVDA's browse mode settings or from a dedicated ObjPad settings interface (see below)):
- Right arrow: next element.
- Left arrow: previous element.
- Up arrow: previous element type.
- Down arrow: next element type.
- SPACE or ENTER: activate.
With scan mode active:
- Down arrow: next object or the next line.
- Up arrow: previous object or previous line.
- Right arrow: review next character.
- Left arrow: previous character.
- Control+right arrow: next word.
- Control+left arrow: previous word.
- SPACE or ENTER: activate.
ObjPad settings
In NVDA 2026.2, a dedicated setting is introduced to configure available browse mode navigation elements for use in touch browse mode. With NVDA installed on a touch capable computer, this setting can be found in browse mode settings. On non-touch devices or portable NVDA versions, ObjPad offers this same setting via ObjPad settings interface (part of NVDA settings screen).
For a list of changes made between each add-on releases, refer to changelogs for add-on releases document.