Feature Request: Addition of "Tabs" to the Links List (Elements List) Dialog
Mister Kayne
Hi everyone,
I am writing to propose a potential feature enhancement for the NVDA Elements List dialog (currently accessed via NVDA+F7).
Currently, this dialog provides excellent navigation filters for Links, Headings, Form Fields, Buttons, and Landmarks. I would like to suggest adding a "Tabs" category to this list.
The Proposal:
It would be incredibly helpful if NVDA could detect and expose "Tabs" (using the standard ARIA tab/tabpanel design pattern) within this dialog.
Why this would be beneficial:
Improved Efficiency: On complex pages with multiple tabbed interfaces, cycling through the entire DOM to find a specific tab can be time-consuming.
Centralized Navigation: Being able to quickly open the Elements List, switch to the "Tabs" view, and navigate to the desired tab would provide a much more streamlined user experience.
Activation: Ideally, pressing Enter on a selected tab within this list would set focus to that tab and, as per standard behavior, trigger the associated tab panel content to become active and visible.
I am curious to hear what the community and the developers think about this. Is this something that is technically feasible within the current architecture of the Elements List?
Thank you for your time and for all the hard work that goes into making NVDA such an indispensable tool.
Warm regards,
Mister Kayne
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Gene Asner
Gene
On 5/27/2026 11:22 PM, Mister Kayne wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am writing to propose a potential feature enhancement for the NVDA
> Elements List dialog (currently accessed via NVDA+F7).
>
> Currently, this dialog provides excellent navigation filters for Links,
> Headings, Form Fields, Buttons, and Landmarks. I would like to suggest
> adding a "Tabs" category to this list.
>
> It would be incredibly helpful if NVDA could detect and expose "Tabs"
> (using the standard ARIA tab/tabpanel design pattern) within this dialog.
>
> Improved Efficiency: On complex pages with multiple tabbed interfaces,
> cycling through the entire DOM to find a specific tab can be time-consuming.
>
> Centralized Navigation: Being able to quickly open the Elements List,
> switch to the "Tabs" view, and navigate to the desired tab would provide
> a much more streamlined user experience.
>
> Activation: Ideally, pressing Enter on a selected tab within this list
> would set focus to that tab and, as per standard behavior, trigger the
> associated tab panel content to become active and visible.
>
> I am curious to hear what the community and the developers think about
> this. Is this something that is technically feasible within the current
> architecture of the Elements List?
>
> Thank you for your time and for all the hard work that goes into making
> NVDA such an indispensable tool.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Mister Kayne
> Author: The Somebody, Nobody, Anybody & Everybody Blog!
>
> Mail: writ...@mister-kayne.com <mailto:writ...@mister-kayne.com>
> Sent from Outlook® for Windows 11
>
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Gene Asner
In my first message in the thread, I inadvertently placed the message in the subject line. Here is the same comments but not the identical wording.
If this feature is adopted, it is important that a quick navigation command be included as well. The links list is an artificial interface that removes the user from working directly with the page. there should be no options in the links list that are not also quick navigation commands.
Gene
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Patrick Le Baudour
The possibility for tab quik navigation already exists, although as far
as I know there is no default input gesture for it.
Most standard letterss being already used and more unbound element
existing than there are free letters, a default assignement seems unlikely.
-- Patrick LB
Gene Asner
unless not possible, that quick navigation commands include all movement
options in the links list. If they don't, that is making page
navigation, actually working with the page, less desirable than the
links list.
Gene
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Quentin Christensen
Mister Kayne
Dear Quentin,
This is not an issue, this is a Feature request, do you still want me to raise it on GitHub? I am not really confident with the platform but can try. I remember reporting an issue, long time back with the new template
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Mister Kayne
I think I did it, hope it is done as expected, let me know if I need to change or add anything more to the Feature Request. Thank you all for your support with this, have a
good one!
https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/20245
From: Quentin Christensen <que...@nvaccess.org>
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2026 7:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [NVDA] Feature Request: Addition of "Tabs" to the Links List (Elements List) Dialog
Yes please, if you can raise it in GitHub. We have several templates for issues: bug report is one, and feature request is another - feature request does not require as much information, so that helps as well.
Kind regards
Quentin
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