Fix up references to full-screen modes

[seanbudd]

Link to issue number:

Raised here https://groups.io/g/nvda-translations/topic/comfused_about_fullscreen/120722300

Summary of the issue:

Translators noticed some strings still refer to tracking mode as full-screen mode

Description of user facing changes:

Fix up strings to describing tracking mode as such

Description of developer facing changes:

Description of development approach:

Testing strategy:

Known issues with pull request:

we will need to another translation freeze

Code Review Checklist:

• Documentation:
  • Change log entry
  • User Documentation
  • Developer / Technical Documentation
  • Context sensitive help for GUI changes
• Testing:
  • Unit tests
  • System (end to end) tests
  • Manual testing
• UX of all users considered:
  • Speech
  • Braille
  • Low Vision
  • Different web browsers
  • Localization in other languages / culture than English
• API is compatible with existing add-ons.
• Security precautions taken.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Updates NVDA Magnifier terminology so user-facing strings (and related translator guidance) refer to “tracking mode” rather than “full-screen mode”, aligning with the current feature naming and reducing confusion for translators.

Changes:

• Updated a Magnifier settings translator comment to refer to “tracking mode”.
• Updated the Magnifier action description string to “change tracking mode”.
• Updated debug logging and the user announcement string to say “tracking mode”.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 4 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 1 comment.

File	Description
source/gui/settingsDialogs.py	Updates translator comment for the “Tracking mode” setting label.
source/_magnifier/utils/types.py	Updates the localized action description to “change tracking mode”.
source/_magnifier/fullscreenMagnifier.py	Updates debug log terminology to “tracking mode”.
source/_magnifier/commands.py	Updates debug log + user announcement string and translator comment to “Tracking mode {mode}”.

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[SaschaCowley]

nvda/source/_magnifier/config.py

Lines 241 to 243 in 9ca0a80

	Get full-screen mode from config.
	:return: The full-screen mode.

nvda/source/_magnifier/config.py

Lines 250 to 252 in 9ca0a80

	Set full-screen mode from settings.
	:param mode: The full-screen mode to set.

[SaschaCowley]

nvda/source/_magnifier/commands.py

Line 274 in 058beb5

"""Cycle through full-screen modes (center, border, relative)"""

[seanbudd]

I intentionally avoiding changing all our internal references as the name for this feature is not stable, and will probably be changed again in future

[SaschaCowley]

@seanbudd A few changes to "avoid changing all our internal references as the name for this feature is not stable, and will probably be changed again in future".