[NFBCS] A Reported Problem with File Explorer in Windows 11

[Humberto Avila]

thank you Curtis,


i have always, always, always always used the method of hitting Enter 
key after typing my file in the document save dialogs.

In outlook though, I have seen this though for saving items and 
attachments. But again, doing in that way works. One can also press 
Alt+N to get to the File name: edit box if not already focused on that 
area. If I want to save to another folder, I hit Alt+D to get into the 
Address bar, typing in the path or part of it, like "Downloads" or 
"Documents", hitting enter, tabbing once or twice here and there, 
hitting Alt+N to get to the File name box, typing, or when focused in 
the File Name box, pressing Shift+Tab a couple times till I get to the 
file and folders structure. Then Alt+N after finding specific folder and 
then Enter key.


On 11/25/2024 3:06 PM, Curtis Chong via groups.io via NFBCS wrote:
>
> Greetings and salutations:
>
> On a number of mailing lists which I frequent, several people have 
> reported encountering a problem with File Explorer as implemented in 
> Windows 11. This problem has been acknowledged by Microsoft to be a 
> problem worth reporting to its engineering team. Here is a description 
> of the problem and my suggested method for working around it.
>
>
>     Problem Description
>
> When attempting to save a document (or an email message in Outlook) 
> using the "Save As" option, the "Save As" dialog does appear as 
> expected. However, if a person navigates to and tries to activate the 
> "Save" button, a Tools context menu unexpectedly appears instead of 
> performing the save action.
>
> This problem appears regardless of the screen reader being used.
>
>
>     A Possible Work-Around
>
> I have come up with two ways to avoid this problem while still saving 
> the message or file you want to save.
>
>  1. Instead of tabbing to and activating the Save button, you can
>     simply press Enter after typing in the file name since "Save" is
>     the default button that will be activated when you do this.
>  2. If you have already tabbed to the "Save" button, activated it, and
>     by so doing, brought up the unexpected Tools context menu, you can
>     press Escape to close this menu, Tab to focus on the next control,
>     Shift Tab back to the "Save" button, and press Enter to activate
>     this button.
>
>
>     Conclusion
>
> I have no idea as to when Microsoft plans to implement any kind of a 
> fix for this issue. I give this to you in the hope that you will 
> benefit from the procedure I have provided here.
>
> Kind wishes,
>
> Curtis Chong
>
>
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