View Full Version : Is there a way to get spell check in the edit window when using Firefox?
FenceFurniture
30th January 2014, 08:40 PM
I downloaded the Firefox Spell Check Add-on but it doesn't work in the edit window (but Safari does, and I guess a few others do).
Is there a solution for this please?
Master Splinter
30th January 2014, 10:43 PM
The Australian Dictionary spull chex for me in Firefox.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/english-australian-dictionary/?src=search
Evanism
30th January 2014, 10:52 PM
Right click in the window and click spelling.
FenceFurniture
30th January 2014, 11:25 PM
Bewdy, got it now. Thanks chaps. (got a nice little red underline on "bewdy" even though I added the Oz Dictionary :B) The right click led me to Add Dictionaries...etc
Skew ChiDAMN!!
31st January 2014, 10:25 AM
Bewdy, got it now. Thanks chaps. (got a nice little red underline on "bewdy" even though I added the Oz Dictionary :B) The right click led me to Add Dictionaries...etc
I'd take any claims of it being an "Oz Dictionary" with a pinch of salt... some time back I DL'ed it and found that all of the corrections were for Americanised spellings. (eg. It wants to change that (<--) to AmericaniZed! :oo:)
On grabbing the "US dictionary" and doing a bit-wise comparison, the ONLY difference I could find was an A added to the front of the name "US dictionary." :(
Master Splinter
31st January 2014, 07:33 PM
"About this Add-on
Are you sick of all your favo-U-rite colo-U-rful language being marked as incorrect? Me too. Live no more in the world of crazy American spelling - get the Australian English Dictionary :)"
FenceFurniture
31st January 2014, 09:14 PM
When I type colour I don't get a red underline, but when I type color I do.
Realise? Realize? (red line)
Zed? Zee? (red line)
YES!!! Actually, that was the first test of USA v Oz.
Now, lemme see.....ok, I can add "lemme" to the dictionary. That's good.
What else? Ah yes, some colorful language.
#word blue? That's ok.
#word brown. Yep.
Miserable #word. No, had to add that one.
Well, that's it. I'm very satisfied - just have to educate it a little, like all my mobile phones have been.
Evanism
1st February 2014, 12:47 AM
You originally had a US dictionary. You added an AUS one. They work in conjunction.
Simply delete the US one, restart the browser.
Presto. Colour.
ubeaut
1st February 2014, 11:48 PM
I have both as I'm often dealing with yanks who can't spell propper or understand Oz spellin'.
From time to time you need to check that FFox hasn't defaulted back to US dickshunerry, which it has a want to do every now and again.
Cheers - Neil :U
PS had 4 red lines under the above and fixed the mistakes really easily.Just added 'em to the dickshunerry, US of course, Aussies would never spell words as bad as that. Well except for on a Chewsdee or any other day endin wif ee, cos on them ee days spellin n grammah don't mater much at all.
Owed two a spell chequer
Eye halve a grate spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.
As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.
Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.