Thanks for the spellchecker!

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Xanadu
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I must say it's about time!

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Alcohol
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This is awesome.
I love it
Click on the ? and it gives you a spell check.
Sweet.
Thanks Justin

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davidg
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i love it!

hopefully more people will actually USE it!
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You must have read my mind because I was going to start a thread asking for a spell checker. Now I don't have to google a word to check the spelling. Thank you!

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I used yahoo web mail compose as a model. Sorry about the pop-up window, there isn't too good a method of doing it any other way. If the pop-up window does not appear immediately, then blame IE, for it is an IE bug.
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IE Spell Checker fast free and easy to use if your using Internet Explorer
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twiz20
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Exactly. The yahoo spell checker is what I had in mind. The pop-up does take a while to open but it is definitely faster than using a separate browser or application to spell check. Definitely an improvement.
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said by twiz20:
Exactly. The yahoo spell checker is what I had in mind. The pop-up does take a while to open though.

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usa2k
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Re: Thanks for the spell checker!

I use iespell.

Any way to turn off this one? BTW it flags real user=names too.

I'm sure many will appreciate it though!

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Jaime
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Re: Thanks for the spellchecker!

The only thing I don't like about this is if you misspell the same word more than once, it won't show it. Unless you preview/spell check again, so maybe if a word is misspelled more than once either changing the first misspelled word changes all the others or the other misspelled words become red.
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justin
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Re: Thanks for the spell checker!

no, it is on by default if you want to preview+spell check, just like it was when it made words appear in red. You can always use the textarea to correct stuff, and ignore the form above.

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justin
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Re: Thanks for the spellchecker!

said by Jaime:
] changing the first misspelled word changes all the others or the other misspelled words

That is indeed what happens.

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twiz20
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Other issues may be involve but can the "?" be replaced by a list box to avoid the pop-up?

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justin
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No, the pop-up is/requires a server call.

Replacing ? with a list box does not help if you want to edit the word. You'd need to replace it with an input field AND a list box, and a nightmare tangle of javascript.

OT: pop-ups work very well on firebird no need for a pop-up stopper (pops from the same server are allowed and shown by default, others are indicated but not shown, no active-x, no delay).

signed, Justin 'just call me firebird'.

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