384234 - The location of 'Add to dictionary' causes misspelled words to be added unintentionally

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 352037

(Core :: Spelling checker, enhancement)

Description

[Amir Dotan]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4

Quite often, when aiming to select a correct spelling the 'Add to
dictionary' is selected accidentally because it is so close to the
provided options. Searching on Google it is very clear this is a problem
many people encounter. Correcting this error once it happens it anything
but intuitive, requiring the user to look and edit a special file. I
suggest the following:

1. Have the 'Add to dictionary' appear at the end bottom of the menu,
much like the 'Quit' option in applications, so it is not selected
accidentally.
2. Consider a way to undo such operation or at least offer a quick and
easy way to access the list of added words via the preference. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Write a misspelled word 
2. Open the context menu 
3. Add to dictionary options appears right next to the provided alternative 



1. The 'add to dictionary' option should appear at the bottom of the menu or somewhere in the middle, where it would be more difficult to select it accidentally

2. There should be an easier way to access the file containing added words. The preference seems like an ideal location.

Comment 4

[u88484]

Attachment: Patch

Adds a separator between the suggestions and 'Add to Dictionary'

Comment 5

[u88484]

Grr, sorry for the bugspam with changing flags and everything.  I always have to fight when assigning bugs to myself.

Comment 6

[Alex Faaborg [:faaborg] (Firefox UX)]

Comment on attachment 306538 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch

Switching ui review to beltzner.

Comment 7

[Asaf Romano (gone)]

Comment on attachment 306538 [details] [diff] [review]
Patch

you need to show/hide it whenever we do so for the add-dictionary item itself.

Comment 8

[u88484]

(In reply to comment #7)
> (From update of attachment 306538 [details] [diff] [review])
> you need to show/hide it whenever we do so for the add-dictionary item itself.
Sorry but I'm not sure what you mean by that.

Comment 9

[Asaf Romano (gone)]

see nsContextMenu.js, we hide this menu-item in certain contexts 

Comment 10

[Zac Helmberger]

How do I delete incorrect words that I accidentally added?

Comment 11

[u88484]

(In reply to comment #10)
> How do I delete incorrect words that I accidentally added?

Bugzilla is not a support forum.  You need to research via support.mozilla.com or mozillazine.com.  And please do not reply back to this comment.

Comment 14

[Matthew N. [:MattN]]

(In reply to Amir Dotan from comment #0)
> 2. Consider a way to undo such operation or at least offer a quick and
> easy way to access the list of added words via the preference. 

It seems like we can now resolve this as a dupe of bug 352037 which added an undo option.