spellcheck attribute does not work in Edge for text inputs

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Why does the spellcheck attribute work fine in IE but not in Edge for text inputs? Here is my code:

<input spellcheck="true"></input>

Text area spell checking works fine in Edge but not text inputs.

Or is there a workaround?

known bug: developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/issues/… — Robert Wade
– Robert Wade, Commented Dec 15, 2017 at 18:21

msokrates · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-19 17:17:07Z

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As a workaround you could use a single line textarea. <textarea rows="1"></textarea> see fiddle as an example

answered Dec 19, 2017 at 17:17

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MattjeS · Accepted Answer · 2017-12-22 10:09:07Z

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It appears that this is only supported in EdgeHtml versions 15 and above (https://caniuse.com/#feat=spellcheck-attribute)

It won't work on input tags if you are using Edge with EdgeHtml of 14 and below.

See @msokrates answer for the workaround

answered Dec 22, 2017 at 10:09

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Panda · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-11 18:21:54Z

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it works on input and texareas only; input must have attribute type='text'; to configure the languages you should go on microsoft edge to configuration languages; also it apperas not to work if you use only capital letters.

answered Sep 11, 2020 at 18:21

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