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  Why does my spell checker not work on this site?

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This is the single site where my spell checker does not let me know on time how bad my English is.

Also, I often have to refresh to see the equations in Latex format.

Not a big deal, just suggestions to improve this site.

asked May 2, 2014 in Feature Request by drake (885 points) [ no revision ]
recategorized May 2, 2014 by dimension10

Related: Access to the clipboard. 

commented May 2, 2014 by dimension10 (1,985 points) [ no revision ]

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@drake @dimension10 The spell-checker should work now.

answered May 2, 2014 by polarkernel (0 points) [ no revision ]

Thanks! 

commented May 2, 2014 by dimension10 (1,985 points) [ no revision ]

Thanks! It does work now.

commented May 2, 2014 by drake (885 points) [ no revision ]
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The reason is that the editor is not actually a text area. At least I don't personally use Chrome (or any other browser)'s spell-checker (which is why if you see my comments on the TRF thread about the need for a new site, you'll see I had terrible spelling, since my spelling gets affected when I get angry with SE/Wikipedia) it may be a good idea to have an inbuilt spell-checker. I remember seeing a plugin for this...  

answered May 2, 2014 by dimension10 (1,985 points) [ revision history ]
edited May 2, 2014 by dimension10

Thanks. And about the latex issue, do you have any idea? Does this also happen to you?

commented May 2, 2014 by drake (885 points) [ no revision ]

@drake I didn't really understand what you mean about the LaTeX issue.

  • Where did you notice this bug? In the post editor or on question pages?
  • Did you notice this bug when using the \TeX button or with dollar signs?
  • What did you have to refresh? Your browser or the editor?
  • Does this bug always occur, or only once in a while?
  • What browser are you using?
  • Do you have javascript enabled?

If your answers are 2212xy, then this bug is known. 

commented May 2, 2014 by dimension10 (1,985 points) [ no revision ]

questions pages, don't know, browser, nearly always, safari, yes

commented May 2, 2014 by drake (885 points) [ no revision ]

@drake The LaTeX bug is now fixed, see here.

commented Jun 14, 2014 by dimension10 (1,985 points) [ no revision ]
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Ah, I see, the spell-checker can actually be enabled; see this thread on the Q2A meta: Feature Request: Easy fix, add spell check to WYSIWYG editor in the next core update? @polarkernel Could you please implement the change suggested there? 

answered May 2, 2014 by dimension10 (1,985 points) [ no revision ]

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