Firefox Facts » spellcheck http://www.firefoxfacts.com best guide to add-ons, themes and tips for Firefox Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:32:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Spell Check All Text Fields in Firefox http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/10/09/spell-check-all-text-fields-in-firefox/ http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/10/09/spell-check-all-text-fields-in-firefox/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:20:21 +0000 Mitch http://www.firefoxfacts.com/2008/10/09/spell-check-all-text-fields-in-firefox/ What do you do about misspelling words in text boxes?  Well, you use the built-in Firefox spell check feature.  However, by default it does not work with ALL text fields.  That can simply be rectified though your about:config settings.

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Just type in about:config into your address bar to get started.  Next, into the filter text box, type in layout.spell.  That should bring up the preference name layout.spellcheckDefault. Right-click it, and then select “Modify”.  Change the 1 (default value) to 2 and you should be all set. 

Firefox’s built in spell check will now check all text fields, no matter where or how they are used on the web site in question. 

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