HTML spell check

When users are entering text in your online applications or forms, you might want to provide them with spelling and grammar checking options. 

Default browser checking behavior typically depends on HTML element type and browser used. However, you might want to explicitly specify whether browser-based checking is enabled or not for specific elements.

You can enable and disable browser-based checking for specific HTML elements with the spellcheck attribute.

The spellcheck attribute can be used with the following elements:

• Text values in input elements (not password)
• Text in textarea elements
• Text in editable elements

Syntax

<element spellcheck="true|false">

Attribute values

• true - Browser-based spelling and grammar checking is enabled on the specified element
• false - Browser-based spelling and grammar checking is disabled on the specified element

Example usage

Enable browser-based checking on an HTML textarea or input element by setting spellcheck to true:

<textarea spellcheck="true"></textarea>

Disable browser-based checking on an HTML textarea or input element by setting spellcheck to false:

<textarea spellcheck="false"></textarea>

Spell checking with a WYSIWYG editor

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