Spell checking in Safari input boxes

Apr 14, '03 09:38:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

You can spell check in Safari when posting in online forums, thanks to its Cocoa roots. Here's how:

  1. Highlight what you wrote and Control-click on the highlighted text.
  2. Select Spelling from the contextual menu and then Check Spelling from the submenu.
OS X's spell checker will kick in and check spelling for you. Control-click any underlined words and select the correct spelling from the results.

[robg adds: I find it highly ironic that this hint was submitted as "Youc an spell check..." :-). In any event, this is not really a Safari feature, it's a Cocoa feature, and it's available in any Cocoa application with an input box. It would be nice, though, if (like iChat) you could permanently enable "Check Spelling as you Type." There's a menu item for it (Edit -> Spelling), but you have to select it for each input box, every time!]

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