StringJunky Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Is there such an option somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveworlds Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Microsoft Word? Of course you could create your own dictionary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Microsoft Word? Of course you could create your own dictionary. I meant for in the SFN reply boxes. I don't know why, after 5 years posting here, but it's annoying me a bit now that it wants me to spell the US way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveworlds Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) I meant for in the SFN reply boxes. I don't know why, after 5 years posting here, but it's annoying me a bit now that it wants me to spell the US way. Are you using firefox? SFN uses your browser's inbuilt dictionary it doesn't spell check. If you want the English spelling you can misspell something then right click. Under check spelling add dictionary and install the English uk language pack. Google chrome goto chrome://settings/addLanguage and install the English uk/British language pack/dictionary. Opera is same as chrome opera://settings/languages Internet explorer doesn't come with spell check. Edited May 1, 2015 by fiveworlds 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acme Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 ... Internet explorer doesn't come with spell check. Yes it does. Tools Internet Options Manage Add-ons Spelling Correction There is a UK English option as well as an option to download other dictionaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Are you using firefox? SFN uses your browser's inbuilt dictionary it doesn't spell check. If you want the English spelling you can misspell something then right click. Under check spelling add dictionary and install the English uk language pack. Google chrome goto chrome://settings/addLanguage and install the English uk/British language pack/dictionary. Opera is same as chrome opera://settings/languages Internet explorer doesn't come with spell check. I'm using FF. I right-clicked in the text box and selected Add dictionary > British English. Sorted. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveworlds Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Yes it does. I checked it on the SFN login box though and I wasn't getting autocorrected all the other browsers did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acme Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I checked it on the SFN login box though and I wasn't getting autocorrected all the other browsers did.Don't know what your problem is; it works for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 IE11 spellchecks for me, in British as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 I meant for in the SFN reply boxes. I don't know why, after 5 years posting here, but it's annoying me a bit now that it wants me to spell the US way. Are you suggesting that the spellcheck is run by the site and not your computer's browser? I don't think that's the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringJunky Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 Are you suggesting that the spellcheck is run by the site and not your computer's browser? I don't think that's the case. Yes, that was my first thought until fiveworlds put me right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 My machine seems to let me spell colour and labour correctly. Windows 7 and Chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiveworlds Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 (edited) IE11 spellchecks for me, in British as well. You are using the same IE version as me. I bothered logged in and got this notification. Clicked allow seems to work now. I went off and learned the code for spellcheck too it is an attribute called spellcheck. for example <textarea spellcheck="true"></textarea> it only works on elements that have the contenteditable attribute set to true for example <body contenteditable="true" spellcheck="true"></body> The lang attribute sets the language spellcheck uses it is often used incorrectly to style elements in different languages <body lang="en" contenteditable="true" spellcheck="true"></body> lang=en is the code for us english (united states) spellcheck and will only work if the browser has the dictionary installed. Other examples are fr (french). English Uk is lang=en-GB Edited May 2, 2015 by fiveworlds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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