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Spell Check Still Not Working Correctly

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Chipotle54
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This has been an ongoing issue for some time now. When I mistype a word in Gmail, and then go back to correct the spelling, part of the correct word still has a red underline below it, suggesting it's a misspelling. I have updated to Firefox 19 and the problem still persists. I love Firefox but it's getting to the point where Mozilla developers apparently don't care to fix these problems. it used to work fine, I think before Firefox 17 or so. Please advise. Is there something I need to update or change in order to make this work?

This has been an ongoing issue for some time now. When I mistype a word in Gmail, and then go back to correct the spelling, part of the correct word still has a red underline below it, suggesting it's a misspelling. I have updated to Firefox 19 and the problem still persists. I love Firefox but it's getting to the point where Mozilla developers apparently don't care to fix these problems. it used to work fine, I think before Firefox 17 or so. Please advise. Is there something I need to update or change in order to make this work?

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user633449
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The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information. Note: This will cause you to lose any Extensions, Open websites, and some Preferences.

To Reset Firefox do the following:

  1. Go to Firefox > Help > Troubleshooting Information.
  2. Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
  3. Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
  4. Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.


Further information can be found in the Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings article.

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cor-el
cor-el
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Do you mean this problem?

  • [/questions/942328] <font> tags being inserted in corrected text in rich text environment
  • bug 812638 - (font_size_bloat) TB is inserting/adding loads of redundant/incorrect/random <font size="x"> tags in the middle of corrected words (partially erased with backspace or DEL, then retyped) with certain valid font size attributes in HTML message source; causes spelling issues (fixed Fx 21)
  • bug 790475 - Spell checking broken (fixed Fx 19)

(please do not comment in bug reports: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html) </font> </font>

Chipotle54
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I believe so. 812638 appears to be the bug in question.

pan-firefox
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I had the same problem and solved it by uninstalling Firefox 23 and all its data and downgrade to Firefox 22. Now the spell checking is working correctly! If a developer is reading this, please check the issue. My computer has Windows 8 64bit.

Modified by pan-firefox