Spell Checking for Web Applications

[lgrupido]

Does anyone have some good code for spellchecking information in web applications? Or maybe a third party app that will do it?

If not an A5 solution, perhaps one with JavaScript?

[Steve Workings]

Re: Spell Checking for Web Applications

Are you just looking for spell check in a text area? I've found that most browsers actually do a pretty good job. More specifics if this isn't enough?

[lgrupido]

Re: Spell Checking for Web Applications

Specifically, the client asked me if I could add a spell checker, and I went looking for one instead of realizing that I don't really need one.

Thanks for unclogging my brain!

[Steve Workings]

Re: Spell Checking for Web Applications

Tell client you can add it for $$$. Let me know how much client agrees to -- I might boost my income knowing the market!

[lgrupido]

Re: Spell Checking for Web Applications

Great idea, but unfortunately the cat is already out of the bag ....

Maybe next time.

[DoronF]

Re: Spell Checking for Web Applications

Hi There,

You always can use the CKEditor spell check at: http://ckeditor.com/demo

Regards,

Doron
The Farber Consulting Group, Inc.

Web site: http://www.dFarber.com
Blog: http://www.dfarber.com/computer-consulting-blog.aspx
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[aburningflame]

Re: Spell Checking for Web Applications

http://jquery-spellchecker.badsyntax.co/

[leetv]

Re: Spell Checking for Web Applications

I'm trying to use the spell checker in chrome with a html text area control. However, it is not working.. any ideas? Is this controlled via WAS/A5 of Chrome?

[drgarytraub]

Re: Spell Checking for Web Applications

I have always experienced good results - spell check provided by the browser - just as Steve said above.

However, recently several of my users have brought to my attention that this USED to work on the Ipad but does not anymore.

I tried it. If you put spellcheck and autocorrection ON (in settings), you can click on a word and if there is an available correction, it will display. HOWEVER, the misspelled word is not underlined (it was in the past) so the user gets no feedback as to which words need correction. Thus, it really is unusable becausde no user would want to click on every word!

Does anyone have any advice on this?

[drgarytraub]

Re: Spell Checking for Web Applications

I still have not really resolved this issue. On an ipad using Safari, the best I can get is turn auto=correct off and the Spellcheck on. Even then, though as I described above, incorrect words are not underlined and thus the user has no way of knowing there was a misspelled word. If they click the word, choices do appear, but without the underline, it is not useful. Interestingly, the spell check DOES work in other applications on the Ipad, like the mail program, but in my app.

So, I looked for another browser to recommend to my users. Dolphin DOES work - underlines misspelled words and the user touches the word and then selects an option. I have been recommending this to users for the past year or so. Unfortunately, it has been pointed out to me that Dolphin has other issues with my app -such as with the date picker - the user clicks the icon, and the calendar pops up very briefly and then closes before they can do anything. The date picker does work on Safari though. So, I have a conundrum.

I would actually like to stay with Safari, if possible, as everything else works well, except spell check, and it is the native browser for ios. So, I would really appreciate some help in resolving this.