Browser-laptop: SETTINGS: Spell-check: Languages
Test Plan
Ensure there is option to select spell check for different languages under about:preferences#general
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Yes, terms: spell check spell-check language
Describe the issue you encountered:
Is it possible to change the spell-check language, similar to chrome?
Expected behavior:
Right click --> set language ...
generic-user
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Setting the language in the general pane also changes the spell check language. Is there a need to set it differently from your language?
bbondy
on 14 Jun 2016
Selected language
In my preferences, on the general pane, the selected language is _Dutch_. The language that is being used for spell-checking, is _English_.
Here is an image of the preferences pane:
Here is on image of the spell-checking in action:
Multi language support
I definitely have a need to be able to switch between multiple languages. My main language is dutch, but I do type a lot of English as well. So switching between spell-checking languages is a must.
How it should work:
For an example of how to implement it, one can look at how it was done in Chrome. Spell-checking in chrome.
generic-user
on 16 Jun 2016
+1 from support : https://linkbubble.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/5845
alexwykoff
on 11 Oct 2016
+1 It's really hard to answer in different languages with brave. Multilingual support is super important. Many of us work in there default language but need english and other languages in a daily basis because the web is global!
svenl77
on 2 Nov 2016
which operating system?
bbondy
on 4 Nov 2016
+1 from support
srirambv
on 6 Dec 2016
+1 from #8226
cndouglas
on 11 Apr 2017
How can I change the spell-checking?
ForumLiker
on 12 Apr 2017
@generic-user it doesn't work with Spanish language.
Definitely I can't use this browser professionally if I don't have minimally a spell-checker to write without some spelling error.
ekalafatic
on 11 Jun 2017
+1 from community https://community.brave.com/t/spanish-spelling-checker/3800
srirambv
on 12 Jun 2017
+1 from community https://community.brave.com/t/bitdefender-addons-please-spelling-correction/3465/2
srirambv
on 11 Jul 2017
The priority of this issue should be bumped to maximal… This is a really important feature!
benpro
on 13 Jul 2017
+1 I really need the ability to switch from english to spanish. I'm running Brave in Linux (ubuntu), I hope Brave will be compatible with some of the linux compatible dictionaries (hunspell, aspell).
Thanx for a great Browser!!
argumento
on 21 Jul 2017
eljuno
on 22 Jul 2017
+1 from me
Jacalz
on 23 Jul 2017
eljuno
on 28 Jul 2017
+1 this makes brave useless for me half the time. Having the red wiggles is very annoying
hugobuddel
on 7 Aug 2017
eljuno
on 10 Aug 2017
+1 extra important
CapitanPlanet
on 10 Aug 2017
+1 it is irritating me! Hope it will B fixed.
L4rryk
on 22 Aug 2017
+1
Mibou
on 23 Aug 2017
+1
polygon5
on 25 Aug 2017
+1
mintho
on 28 Aug 2017
+1
e-belair
on 30 Aug 2017
+1
rodolfoghi
on 31 Aug 2017
Likely solution - follow your local language / regional settings.
ghost
on 5 Sep 2017
Related: #3691 (Spellcheck language should depend on keyboard layout)
cndouglas
on 5 Sep 2017
eljuno
on 6 Sep 2017
+1 switched back to Chrome because of this (for now). Both my windows and Brave settings are set to English, but I do need to type a lot of Dutch. Typing now is unbearable now with all the squiggly lines, which also cannot be disabled.
wouthoekstra
on 19 Sep 2017
I see a lot of people suggesting that spellcheck should follow language OS/keyb layout/...
I must say as someone who writes in _multiple languages daily_, it is a bad idea to do that. I do not switch my keyboard layout when I'm switching between languages (let alone the keyboard itself), nor do I switch my language of OS/browser.
No everything remains the same, all I would like to change is the actual language the spell checking is done. Regardless of any other setting within my environment.
The best way is like in chrome, there we can have spell check for multiple languages at once.
generic-user
on 20 Sep 2017
+1 this could be only issue, that keeps me from completely migrate to Brave.
AldisB
on 26 Sep 2017
Please, please, do not make spellcheck language follow the keyboard layout, this is going to be a nightmare for people like me constantly switching between languages and keyboards!
+1 to changing spellcheck language with a right click
GGurtner
on 10 Oct 2017
Waiting for spell check to Portuguese Brazil.
Brave only have Portuguese BR in interface, but not in spell check
Acme908
on 19 Oct 2017
This issue has been resolved? Temporary until I can solve it, I made a backup of the file en-US-7-1.bdic and I overwritten it inside ~\AppData\Local\brave\app-0.19.53\Dictionaries by the file pt-BR-3- 0.bdic from Chrome, while retaining the name en-US-7-1.bdic.
marcospds
on 26 Oct 2017
@marcospds nice hack. I'm working on it and almost finish. Please stay tune for a little while :wink:
darkdh
on 26 Oct 2017
@marcospds WHOA!
I had uninstalled Brave, I'll try it now
EDIT:
For me, don't exist Dictionaries folder =\
Acme908
on 26 Oct 2017
@Acme908 Do you use Windows?
With Brave open, open the task manager, find brave.exe under Process, click with right and go to "open file location".
marcospds
on 26 Oct 2017
I was really excited about this fix, but now I'm disappointed very happy. It seems that it is necessary to restart Brave when changing the spell check language?
I switch languages several times a day. My native tongue is Dutch, but about half of my communication is in English (mostly the professional part). So half of my emails are in Dutch, the other half in English. It should not be is not necessary to restart the browser ten times a day only to compose text in different languages.
Edit: Oops sorry seems I was mistaken! It does multiple languages at the same time! I got confused by the preferences window.
hugobuddel
on 3 Nov 2017
why not just add both language?
bbondy
on 6 Nov 2017
Yeah I figured that it's possible to use multiple languages, so did that now.
I got confused because the spacing between 'language' and 'enable spellcheck' is smaller than the subsequent spacing between 'enable spellcheck' and 'spellcheck languages'. So I thought that 'enable spellcheck' referred to the 'language' just above and didn't notice the more distant 'spellcheck languages' below it. Yeah seems stupid in retrospect, but don't make me think is a good approach to usability.
All the other switches correspond to the item above the switch (like the bookmark-bar switch); that is, the structure of the general settings page seems to be: dropdown/textfield/button optionally followed by switches. Only the spellcheck section has the order inverted. The other settings pages have section headers and those pages are much clearer; perhaps add headers to the general settings as well?
hugobuddel
on 6 Nov 2017
+1 for the option to select multiple languages.
I'd also like to see more language options as well. The language settings are super limited right now, and it's driving me a bit nuts - being told my spelling is incorrect when I know it's right is a huge turn off.
Darkfae
on 14 Jan 2018
@Darkfae You can use multiple languages. See Preferences > General > Spell Check Languages. Here's an example of English and Spanish:
cndouglas
on 15 Jan 2018
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Selected language
In my preferences, on the general pane, the selected language is _Dutch_. The language that is being used for spell-checking, is _English_.
Here is an image of the preferences pane:
Here is on image of the spell-checking in action:
Multi language support
I definitely have a need to be able to switch between multiple languages. My main language is dutch, but I do type a lot of English as well. So switching between spell-checking languages is a must.
How it should work:
For an example of how to implement it, one can look at how it was done in Chrome. Spell-checking in chrome.