I know there is an old module for spell checking that is no longer maintained. I am requesting that Drupal have this feature in it's core.

here is a method using aspell

http://deezsombor.blogspot.com/2005/08/how-to-build-ajax-ed-spellchecker...

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Uwe Hermann’s picture

Uwe Hermann commented
Version: 4.6.0 » x.y.z

Nice idea, but someone has to create the code / patches.

IamPter’s picture

IamPter commented

If I could code I would.

Thox’s picture

Thox commented

Already done it :)

See my sandbox.

IamPter’s picture

IamPter commented

Sounds great Thox. I can't wait for the official release.

LAsan’s picture

LAsan commented
Version: x.y.z » 7.x-dev

I find this a very useful idea.

I think this would be a nice feature to include in the next Drupal version.

Modifying to latest dev version.

keith.smith’s picture

keith.smith commented

Hmm. I'm certainly against spelling errors, but:
-- given that many browsers implement this for text areas, I'm not sure that its all that necessary for Drupal to do the same.
-- obviously such a proposed system would have to handle a variety of languages, I'm assuming the dictionaries are pluggable?

tr’s picture

tr commented
Version: 7.x-dev » 8.x-dev

There are a number of contributed spell checker modules:
http://drupal.org/search/apachesolr_multisitesearch/spellcheck?filters=s...

I don't really see this as a core feature.

devin carlson’s picture

devin carlson commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

Marking this as won't fix as #6 and #7 mentioned, it is now commonplace for browsers/operating systems to include spell checking capabilities and there are a number of modules that already provide this capability.

However, this would have been a useful feature in 2005.