I've been' wondering for a while now if such feature would be possible in Pale Moon, or at least as an extension, so you could select multiple dictionaries for spell checking at once. The old hack seems to be merging the dictionary files, kinda ugly.
https://superuser.com/questions/108177/how-do-i-make-firefox-spellcheck-in-multiple-languages-simultaneously
Spell checking in multiple languages
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Re: Spell checking in multiple languages
Merging is a dumb idea. if you merge dictionaries you'll end up with not catching spelling errors because "it happens to be a valid word in the other language".
We already support multiple dictionaries, though - just install them and it will be available in the context menu for spell checking (e.g. on text inputs) and should also automatically default to the appropriate language if the html markup is properly tagged with the language.
We already support multiple dictionaries, though - just install them and it will be available in the context menu for spell checking (e.g. on text inputs) and should also automatically default to the appropriate language if the html markup is properly tagged with the language.
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Re: Spell checking in multiple languages
The Dictionary Switcher extension mentioned in your linked article still works in Pale Moon, making it easy to switch between languages. It's available on via the Classic Add-ons Archive, which you'll need to install first.
Forked extensions :
● Add-ons Inspector ● Auto Text Link ● Copy As Plain Text ● Copy Hyperlink Text ● FireFTP button replacement ● gSearch Bar ● Navigation Bar Enhancer ● New Tab Links ● Number Tabs ● Print Preview Button and Keyboard Shortcut 2 ● Scrollbar Search Marker ● Simple Marker ● Tabs To Portfolio ● Update Alert ● Web Developer's Toolbox ● Zap Anything
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Re: Spell checking in multiple languages
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uh? I do not quite understand the usage of a spell checker in a browser. I can understand its usage in a word processing program (though personally I do not like to be coached while composing, and disable spell checker in libreoffice). But a browser reads (displays) text written by somebody else. Why would one wanto to spellcheck it ?
uh? I do not quite understand the usage of a spell checker in a browser. I can understand its usage in a word processing program (though personally I do not like to be coached while composing, and disable spell checker in libreoffice). But a browser reads (displays) text written by somebody else. Why would one wanto to spellcheck it ?
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Re: Spell checking in multiple languages
Because if you use the browser for writing text, like making a forum post, you do want to find misspelled words...
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Re: Spell checking in multiple languages
That one question just explained the entire internet.
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Re: Spell checking in multiple languages
I was specifically asking if it would be possible to have it like it's done in Firefox/Edge, where I can have 2 languages selected and then it accepts words of both. I don't really type one thing in 2 languages simultaneously, but it's good enough to catch typos. I write mails at work through web app among other things, very monotone work and yeah, I hate having to switch languages...every click less counts...
Though the Dictionary Switcher extension, that I didn't come across before, seems to be even better option in theory, except "Detect dictionary as I type" doesn't seem to do anything. Can anyone confirm?
Though the Dictionary Switcher extension, that I didn't come across before, seems to be even better option in theory, except "Detect dictionary as I type" doesn't seem to do anything. Can anyone confirm?
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Re: Spell checking in multiple languages
I'm suspecting auto-detection fails to look at what you're typing. It may look at the lang attribute in the site's html tag. I'm not sure, I'd have to test with Proxomitron and get it to replace that part, but the web app at work has English set there even though it's mostly translated to Slovenian, so auto-detection defaults to English. Perhaps this is actually "Auto-detect locales" kicking in, another auto-detect option. I turned the latter off and auto-detect as you type still fails. Oh well, can place the toggle to switch language on the toolbar or status bar, so that's progress.