Join the AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the Firefox leadership team to celebrate Firefox 20th anniversary and discuss Firefox’s future on Mozilla Connect. Mark your calendar on Thursday, November 14, 18:00 - 20:00 UTC!

This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

spell check not working on sites like huffington post or fox news sites

  • 4 replies
  • 1 has this problem
  • 3 views
  • Last reply by halcareric

more options

When making posts on Face Book, spell check works fine. When I go to other sites that also use FB for comments however, spell check does not work. Example sites would be Huntington post or fox news and all the rest.

I'm using version 43.0.1. Spell check works on all other sites with comment boxes except ones that use FB. How can this be, can it be fixed?

When making posts on Face Book, spell check works fine. When I go to other sites that also use FB for comments however, spell check does not work. Example sites would be Huntington post or fox news and all the rest. I'm using version 43.0.1. Spell check works on all other sites with comment boxes except ones that use FB. How can this be, can it be fixed?

All Replies (4)

more options

If you right-click the editing area, can you enable "Check Spelling" from the menu?

If that is not possible, you may need to "hack" the page. I created a tool for that some time back, but it's not completely developed and might not work on all sites:

more options

I shouldn't have to "hack" this browser to get things that work fine in IE, and Chrome and I don't want to switch to either of those.

I started out using Netscape when it first came out, and have been loyal ever since, not that it matters though. I like this version, I hate the fact that Fire Fox has to copy Chrome too.

I'll keep searching. Thanks for the reply.

more options

So referring to the first part of my reply: if you right-click in the editing area, is Check Spelling checked (enabled) or unchecked or missing, and can you turn it on there?

more options

I actually didn't see any option for that at all. I do have a dictionary installed too. Oh well.