spellcheck
The spellcheck global attribute is an enumerated attribute defines whether the element may be checked for spelling errors.
It may have the following values:
-
true, which indicates that the element should be, if possible, checked for spelling errors; -
false, which indicates that the element should not be checked for spelling errors.
Note: The spellcheck attribute is an enumerated one and not a Boolean one. This means that the explicit usage of one of the values true or false is mandatory, and that a shorthand like <textarea spellcheck></textarea> is not allowed. The correct usage is <textarea spellcheck="true"></textarea>.
If this attribute is not set, its default value is element-type and browser-defined. This default value may also be inherited, which means that the element content will be checked for spelling errors only if its nearest ancestor has a spellcheck state of true.
This attribute is merely a hint for the browser: browsers are not required to check for spelling errors. Typically non-editable elements are not checked for spelling errors, even if the spellcheck attribute is set to true and the browser supports spellchecking.
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard (HTML) # attr-spellcheck |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
spellcheck |
9 |
12 |
Yes |
11 |
Yes |
Yes |
47 |
47 |
57 |
37 |
9.3 |
5.0 |
See also
- All global attributes.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes/spellcheck