How to enable a spell checker to work on all web pages in firefox
i reinstalled firefox and now the spell checker dosent work,
ive tried, checking the "check my spelling" box in the options menu, that didnt work.
ive tried right clicking on a text field and ther is no option for "check my spelling"
and ive tried changing the "layout.spellcheckDefault" value to 1 and 2, no joy....anyone else had this scenario happen to them?
oh and appologies for any missspelt words in this question but im sure u can understanb. cheers
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Do you have a dictionary installed and selected?
You can see which dictionary is selected if you right-click in a text area and open the Languages sub menu. At least one dictionary should be installed and have a check mark to indicate that it is selected.
- open the "Add Dictionaries" link to install a dictionary if you do not have one.
The spelling checker is enabled if [X] "Check Spelling" in the right-click context menu has a checkmark.
You can enable or disable spell checking globally:
- Options/Preferences -> Advanced: General: Browsing: "Check my spelling as I type"
You can look here for dictionaries:
It is possible that the website disables the Firefox spell checker by adding a spellcheck = "false" attribute to the text area. You can check that in the builtin Inspector.
You can right-click and select "Inspect Element" to open the built-in Inspector with this element selected.
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Type about:config<enter> in the address bar. If a warning screen comes up, press the Be Careful button. At the top of the screen is a search bar.
Type:’’'layout.spellcheckDefault Its values are; 0 Spell Checker Off 1 Check Only Multi-Line Input Boxes. 2 Check Multi And Single Line Input Boxes.
Also, check the spellchecker.dictionary entry.
Chosen Solution
Do you have a dictionary installed and selected?
You can see which dictionary is selected if you right-click in a text area and open the Languages sub menu. At least one dictionary should be installed and have a check mark to indicate that it is selected.
- open the "Add Dictionaries" link to install a dictionary if you do not have one.
The spelling checker is enabled if [X] "Check Spelling" in the right-click context menu has a checkmark.
You can enable or disable spell checking globally:
- Options/Preferences -> Advanced: General: Browsing: "Check my spelling as I type"
You can look here for dictionaries:
It is possible that the website disables the Firefox spell checker by adding a spellcheck = "false" attribute to the text area. You can check that in the builtin Inspector.
You can right-click and select "Inspect Element" to open the built-in Inspector with this element selected.
thanx fred but ive tried that already...
thanx for ur reply cor-el downloading some dictionary's and language pack seems to have worked. :)