[whatwg] Spellchecking proposal #2

Alexey Feldgendler alexey at feldgendler.ru
Fri Jun 23 21:49:07 PDT 2006


On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 05:11:40 +0700, Matthew Raymond  
<mattraymond at earthlink.net> wrote:

>    First of all, a |spellcheck| attribute, as conceived, is inconsistent
> across web sites. An address input should have the same spell check
> settings on every web page I go to, regardless of what the author wants.

This is why I'd rather like to see spellchecking controlled in CSS manner  
(either directly from CSS or through XBL).

>    Overall, I think |accept| and UA spell checking settings that are
> tied to |name| or |class| eliminate most use case for |spellcheck|.

This is the same as the CSS/XBL approach but harcoded in the spec. Some  
flexibility would pay off, I guess.


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