Re: FireFox and UK spell checker
On Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:22:14 +0100
kj <koffiejunkielistlurker@koffiejunkie.za.net> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> In Firefox I have en-gb selected as my default language, but when I
> type in a text box, it still highlight according to US spelling. I
> looked at about:config and found that spellchecker.dictionary is set
> to en-US. I set this to en-gb, restart FF, and it's back on en-US.
> I tried en-GB too, just in case. I have gone as far as uninstalling
> "US English" under the languages section, all to no avail.
>
> Does anyone know how to make en-gb stick? This is driving me up the
> walls.
Not sure if I'm reading you right, but have you right-clicked in the
text box, then gone to Languages and then selected Add Dictionaries...?
Doing that will take you to Mozilla's Addons site, where you can select
a British English dictionary (which will be installed into your user
profile).
Graham
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