Bug report - Automatic spell check (as I type) doesn't work in Firefox 8.0.beta
I have enabled "check my spelling as I type". via Tools/Options/Advanced/General.
But it is not working. I toggled off and on this option, restarted FF with the option enabled, restarted FF with it disabled. Nothing seems to work.
In config, layout.spellcheckDefault, the default is set to1. It toggles between 1 and 0 when I enable/disable this option as above.
Any fixes for this bug ?
Modified by amkeew
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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 submenu.
- Open the "Add Dictionaries" link to install a dictionary if you do not have one.
- Make sure that [X] "Check Spelling" in the right-click context menu is check-marked.
You can enable or disable spell checking globally:
- Tools > Options > Advanced : General: Browsing: "Check my spelling as I type"
You can look here for dictionaries:
Thanks cor-el. I have enabled automatic spell check both in the options as well as in the text boxes. But it is still not working.
Automatic spell-check works in FF 8.0 only if a dictionary add-on is installed ? That is absurd, isn't it ?
In earlier versions of FF, I didn't have an add-on dictionary and spell check worked well in those versions.
You're welcome.
You may have used a Firefox version in the past that came with a dictionary if it worked without installing a dictionary. Firefox can't do a spell check without a dictionary.