591365 - Spell checker checks words not in document being composed

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Mike Hitchcock]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 BTRS25104 Firefox/3.6.8
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100802 Thunderbird/3.1.2

When a mail has been written and press "SEND" spell checker window appears but the first word to be checked is not in the composed email. It is almost as if the checker is checking an entirely different document.
It is consistent though each new email written. T first word is always "Cambia" which it suggests should be "Cambrian". If proceed through spell checking document all incorrect words are not in mail being checled.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Write new email
2.press send
3.Spell checker shows "Cambria" as incorrect word but there is no "Cambria" in document
Actual Results:  
Spell checker shows "Cambria" as incorrect word but there is no "Cambria" in document

Expected Results:  
Check actual mail just cteated

Check actual mail just cteated

Comment 1

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

Anything in Tools -> Error console when this happens ?

Do you have the same issue when Thunderbird is started in -safe-mode (http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode) ?

Comment 2

[Mike Hitchcock]

Safe mode showed no language setting at all and claimed no dictionaries existed.
In the tools>options>composition menu I was able to download the British/English dictionary and installed. Now spell check works normally.

I think this glitch was introduced when I updated my old version of Thunderbird to the new version last week. This was an overwrite rather than a clean install.

Thanks

Comment 3

[Ludovic Hirlimann [:Usul]]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Safe mode showed no language setting at all and claimed no dictionaries
> existed.
> In the tools>options>composition menu I was able to download the
> British/English dictionary and installed. Now spell check works normally.
> 

If you retsart thunderbird in non sfae-mode it works also ?

Comment 4

[Mike Hitchcock]

Yes Spellcheck works in non-safe mode.