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How to disable spellcheck in textarea

By admin on Jan 16, 2016

It is a good idea to disable spell check in textarea element if it is not meant for pure english text. To disable spell check in textarea atrribute spellcheck=”false” can be used. Here is how textarea wrongly spelled words look like (when focussed) when spellcheck=”true” is used.

textarea-wrong-spelling-true-example

textarea with spellcheck true example

<textarea withspellcheck="true" rows="4" cols="50" autofocus>
Wrooong spelling
</textarea>
refresh done
try it online

textarea with spellcheck false example

<textarea spellcheck="false"  rows="4" cols="50">
Wrooong spelling
</textarea>
refresh done
try it online

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