running 60.3.0esr on debian sid
under languages, check your spelling as you type is ticked
selected language is en-GB
yet whatver gibberish i have posted on this line has not been picked up by the spell chckr
linux - spell check
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Re: linux - spell check
Only a few locales of the official builds of Firefox from Mozilla like en-US comes with a Dictionary due to license reasons so you need to install a Dictionary, say the English (British) one. Distro provided builds may be a bit different. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/language-tools/
Ignore the Language packs on the page as they are for to change the language of the User Interface or UI.
Ignore the Language packs on the page as they are for to change the language of the User Interface or UI.
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Re: linux - spell check
i'm not understanding what you are saying?
i have stated i have en-GB installed so not sure how en-US comes into play.
i have stated i have en-GB installed so not sure how en-US comes into play.
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Re: linux - spell check
Go to this site https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... age-tools/ scroll down a bit and in the right column click on and install "British English Dictionary (Marco Pinto)" then restart browser and see if spellcheck works.
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Re: linux - spell check
A dictionary is required for the spell checker to use to spell check words with. Only a few languages of Firefox comes with a dictionary due to licensing reasons.milomak wrote:i'm not understanding what you are saying?
i have stated i have en-GB installed so not sure how en-US comes into play.
Let's try again, the en-GB aka British version of Firefox does not come with a dictionary so you need to install the English (British) dictionary from https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/language-tools/ which is at https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addo ... tionary-2/
Or maybe you need some pictures for you to understand better how to install a dictionary and use the spell checker.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ho ... ll-checker
If by Languages you were looking at "Choose your preferred language for displaying pages" then that was not related to the spellchecker.
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Re: linux - spell check
You can see what dictionaries are installed and which is selected if you right-click in a text area and open the Languages sub menu.
See also:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/layout.spellcheckDefault
See also:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/layout.spellcheckDefault
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Re: linux - spell check
thank you sirlasardo wrote:Go to this site https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... age-tools/ scroll down a bit and in the right column click on and install "British English Dictionary (Marco Pinto)" then restart browser and see if spellcheck works.
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You're welcome as I mentioned this to you first.milomak wrote:thank you sirlasardo wrote:Go to this site https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... age-tools/ scroll down a bit and in the right column click on and install "British English Dictionary (Marco Pinto)" then restart browser and see if spellcheck works.
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Re: linux - spell check
it helps if you give a clear explanantionJames wrote:You're welcome as I mentioned this to you first.milomak wrote:thank you sirlasardo wrote:Go to this site https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... age-tools/ scroll down a bit and in the right column click on and install "British English Dictionary (Marco Pinto)" then restart browser and see if spellcheck works.