Spell check doesn't work for other languages
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(Core :: Spelling checker, defect)
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(Reporter: Pinosuit, Unassigned)
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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/118.0
Steps to reproduce:
I have the Dutch (NL) version of Firefox. (Not sure if that matters btw.) But when I want to spell check my text before I hit send, like typing here right now, it doesn't even work. In the list of dictionaries (when rightmouseclick) any other language that I installed such as Eng-US don't even show up in that contextmenu. I've added other dictionaries as well, but they won't work either. They áre added for sure since it says so when I check the add-ons page under 'languages - manage your languages'.
This has been going on since I freshly installed FF back in May this year. I cba reinstalling my whole browser just for this crap. I just bypass it with the Grammarly addon.
On Windows 10 btw.
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Comment 1•2 years ago
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The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Core::Spelling checker' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please correct in case you think the bot is wrong.
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Comment 2•2 years ago
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It looks like you have installed language packs (for the UI), not dictionaries
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-use-firefox-spell-checker#w_adding-dictionaries
Installed dictionaries will show up in a Dictionaries tab in about:addons, not Languages.
LMAO. Yeah you're right. I've been trying to resolve this for months (not constantly, just each time it was bothering me, so a few times across the span of a few months). Why is the Eng-US dictionary not installed by default anyway? Why are language packs and dictionaries separate? Why is it so confusing there are two separate lists on that page .. should just make it easier or so to add a dictionary.
Btw I dont need answers on any of those questions really, its just there to think about for you guys or to simply put: How to make it less problematic?
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Comment 4•2 years ago
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Sadly, it's a long-standing confusion, although we tried to make some changes to improve things. For example, if you switch language from Settings, it will download a language pack AND a dictionary for that language under the hood.
The en-US dictionary is available by default in the en-US package of Firefox. In your case, you started with a Dutch package, so no luck. To make things even more complicated, we have limitations on which dictionaries we can include in builds (a GPL license won't be compatible).
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