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    • hucker
      hucker last edited by

      I love Opera's spellchecker, but it doesn't seem to work everywhere, for example in Ebay forums it doesn't detect any misspelt words. But it works in this forum. What's wrong?

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      • naheed
        naheed last edited by

        As your Spellchecker doesn't work everywhere, you may try installing the offline version without uninstalling the current one. Check if it solves your problem as I have seen this solution somewhere on the forum.

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        • hucker
          hucker @naheed last edited by

          @naheed said in Spellchecker doesn't work everywhere (eg. Ebay forums).:

          As your Spellchecker doesn't work everywhere, you may try installing the offline version without uninstalling the current one. Check if it solves your problem as I have seen this solution somewhere on the forum.

          Not sure what you mean. Do you mean a seperate standalone spellchecker plugin? Where do I get it?

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @hucker last edited by

            @hucker Spellcheckers of other browsers work? Opera uses Chromium's spell checker.

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            • hucker
              hucker @leocg last edited by

              @leocg

              @leocg said in Spellchecker doesn't work everywhere (eg. Ebay forums).:

              @hucker Spellcheckers of other browsers work? Opera uses Chromium's spell checker.

              I've only ever used the built in one. So can I install one from elsewhere? Which one is recommended? Do I need to turn off Opera's one first?

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              • leocg
                leocg Moderator Volunteer @hucker last edited by

                @hucker No, you can't install a different one as far as I know. Unless, maybe, by using an extension.

                I'm asking if you have checked the site with other browsers, specially Chromium based ones.

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                • hucker
                  hucker @leocg last edited by

                  @leocg said in Spellchecker doesn't work everywhere (eg. Ebay forums).:

                  @hucker No, you can't install a different one as far as I know. Unless, maybe, by using an extension.

                  I'm asking if you have checked the site with other browsers, specially Chromium based ones.

                  I just tried this forum (as in this very reply) on Opera, Chrome, and Edge. I also tried the Ebay forum on Opera, Chrome, and Edge. The Ebay forum didn't allow spellchecking on any browser, and this forum did on all three. Is there something in a forum which would prohibit spellchecking? I shall ask the same question in Ebay.

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                  • leocg
                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @hucker last edited by

                    @hucker I don't know.

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                    • hucker
                      hucker @leocg last edited by hucker

                      @leocg said in Spellchecker doesn't work everywhere (eg. Ebay forums).:

                      @hucker I don't know.

                      I've submitted a bug report, DNAWIZ-110886

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                      • leocg
                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @hucker last edited by

                        @hucker Id it doesn't work on any browser, it seems more of a site issue. Did you report to Ebay so they can fix it?

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                        • hucker
                          hucker @leocg last edited by

                          @leocg said in Spellchecker doesn't work everywhere (eg. Ebay forums).:

                          @hucker Id it doesn't work on any browser, it seems more of a site issue. Did you report to Ebay so they can fix it?

                          I mentioned it on the Ebay forums, but I don't think there's a way to contact their tech support. I've tried for other reasons before, but just ended up with the front line people who can't even understand the question.

                          And I deny it's just a site issue. A browser's spellchecker should check ALL places you can type, unless perhaps it's a password box.

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                          • leocg
                            leocg Moderator Volunteer @hucker last edited by

                            @hucker Unless, as you suggested, the site can somehow block it. Or maybe a site bug as some posts in Ebay community say.

                            https://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-Community-Platform/No-Spell-Check/td-p/27430655

                            https://community.ebay.com/t5/Community-Platform-Feedback/Spell-check-doesn-t-work/m-p/29355656#M8534

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                            • hucker
                              hucker @leocg last edited by hucker

                              @leocg said in Spellchecker doesn't work everywhere (eg. Ebay forums).:

                              @hucker Unless, as you suggested, the site can somehow block it. Or maybe a site bug as some posts in Ebay community say.

                              https://community.ebay.com/t5/Archive-Community-Platform/No-Spell-Check/td-p/27430655

                              https://community.ebay.com/t5/Community-Platform-Feedback/Spell-check-doesn-t-work/m-p/29355656#M8534

                              I don't understand how a site can "force" a browser not to spellcheck. The browser should just run it anyway. What are Ebay going to do, sue Opera for having people send better quality posts?

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                              • leocg
                                leocg Moderator Volunteer @hucker last edited by

                                @hucker If the site blocks the spell checker, there is nothing a browser can do.

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                                • hucker
                                  hucker @leocg last edited by

                                  @leocg said in Spellchecker doesn't work everywhere (eg. Ebay forums).:

                                  @hucker If the site blocks the spell checker, there is nothing a browser can do.

                                  What utter nonsense. The site cannot stop a browser from checking the spelling. What I'm typing is on MY computer, and not somehow owned by Ebay.

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                                  • leocg
                                    leocg Moderator Volunteer @hucker last edited by

                                    @hucker According to those posts, Ebay seems to force the use of their own spell checker.

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                                    • hucker
                                      hucker @leocg last edited by hucker

                                      @leocg said in Spellchecker doesn't work everywhere (eg. Ebay forums).:

                                      @hucker According to those posts, Ebay seems to force the use of their own spell checker.

                                      Which is inferior. I can't add new words (it doesn't even know "Ebay"!), and even if I could they'd only be remembered for that particular forum.

                                      The browser should ignore the request and just run the spellchecker!

                                      I think I'll put a moaning signature on my Ebay account, except their forum server has crashed. Brilliant.

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                                      • leocg
                                        leocg Moderator Volunteer @hucker last edited by

                                        @hucker Browsers should mess up with sites the less as possible.

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                                        • hucker
                                          hucker @leocg last edited by

                                          @leocg I disagree. I don't want sites dictating anything to me. Opera already blocks annoying things like popups, ads, push notifications, etc. Telling me I cannot use my own spellchecker on my own machine is beyond a joke.

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                                          • palx
                                            palx last edited by palx

                                            I know this Forum topic is a bit old, but I didn't want to start a new one and clutter the Forum, since this post, that is quite similar, exists.

                                            For quite some time I have also noticed, that spellcheck has stopped working and the few times, it detects an error, the suggestions are very irrelevant to the world I have written wrong. The site that this problem is happening for me and bothers me the most, is on the "Facebook messenger" and other similar message type applications, but generally it doesn't seem to work anywhere on the browser. (except from what I see here, while I am typing , but it does so only in English, not the other languages I have installed, with Spellcheck "all your languages", checked.

                                            And It doesn't seem to work more so, on my native language than English.
                                            The same thing happens on Chrome but Firefox is ok.

                                            And I cannot help to wonder, is it a bug that exists within those browsers, that both use "Chromium"?

                                            Is it maybe and particularly with "FB messenger", a clash with the new Regulations in Europe, as it started happening a little after FB and other Companies stated that they would drop some features, due to new Law Restrictions?

                                            As much as I searched I didn't find something revealing or that ties in, with this problem.

                                            Does someone here have any input?
                                            Thank you.

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