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spellcheck attribute

Category

DOM

Type

New or changed feature

Status

Enabled by default (Chrome 9)

Intent stage

None

• Breaking change: No
• Enterprise impact: None
• Spec maturity: Published standard

Summary

Allows content editable elements to be spell checked

Standards & signals

• Specification: https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/interaction.html#spelling-and-grammar-checking
• Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
• Safari: Shipped/Shipping
• Web developers: Strongly positive

Ecosystem

• Web Platform Tests: https://wpt.fyi/results/?q=spellcheck-attribute
• Chrome Platform Showcase: https://chrome-platform-showcase.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
• GenDN reference: https://gendn.paulkinlan-ea.deno.net/features
• chrome.dev demos search: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Achrome.dev+spellcheck%20attribute
• MDN Web Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/search?q=spellcheck%20attribute
• Baseline status: https://webstatus.dev/?q=spellcheck%20attribute

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