Bug 9580 – REGRESSION: Check Spelling as You Type no longer works (menu is grayed out)

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: FIXED
• Component: Forms

[Rosyna]

Check spelling as you type no longer works when using the new "Native" text areas.

[Darin Adler]

Strange -- the "check spelling as you type" menu item is grayed out.

[Darin Adler]

I also can't get Check Spelling to work. It just beeps.

[Scott Menor]

I suspect this originated with this commit - http://cia.navi.cx/stats/project/WebKit/.message/552407 

[Darin Adler]

(In reply to comment #3)
> I suspect this originated with this commit

Sure, the behavior in <textarea> started when we switched to the engine implementation of <textarea>, but the "check spelling" command should be working in editable HTML in general, including <textarea>.

I think there are two separate issues here. Something's keeping the command from being enabled at all, but also Safari wants to turn this on by default and that might require a fix on the Safari side.

[Darin Adler]

Check Spelling as You Type is still working in Blot.

[Darin Adler]

The issue here is that the support for toggleContinuousSpellChecking: is entirely in WebView and is based on isEditable. So for a WebView not marked editable, we won't have continuous spell checking, even if part of what's being viewed is editable.

This needs to be changed around!

[Darin Adler]

The reason that Check Spelling doesn't work is presumably a problem in FrameMac::advanceToNextMisspelling.

[Darin Adler]

The change Tim Hatcher just checked in, r15093, has fixed the greyed-out Check Spelling as You Type bug. We'll need a new bug report for the fact that Check Spelling does not work in textareas.

[Darin Adler]

I filed bug 9658 about the Check Spelling command not working.