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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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