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Add support for web browser's spell checking functionality in TemplateData editor fields
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When you fill fields in the TD manager there is no spell checker. Many fields and switching between them quickly. I rely on the fact that you can trust spell check provided by the browser. Because of typos might be accused of vandalism. When editing a template in the article in visual editor, in the fields spell checking works. Spell check should work in the TD manager too.
Firefox 41.0

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Aklapper renamed this task from Add support for spell checking in the TDEditor fields to Add support for web browser's spell checking functionality in TemplateData editor fields.Sep 28 2015, 2:49 PM
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WFM. The inputs are standard textarea and text inputs, without the spellchecker disabled.

Jdforrester-WMF changed the task status from Open to Stalled.EditedSep 29 2015, 2:40 PM
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This is about the TemplateData GUI editor, but the point stands for the fields in the template dialog too.

Chrome only seems to start doing spell checking in the TemplateData GUI editor inputs for me when I make a linebreak in a textarea, not before that and not in the normal text inputs.

Chrome only seems to start doing spell checking in the TemplateData GUI editor inputs for me when I make a linebreak in a textarea, not before that and not in the normal text inputs.

WFM in Chrome & Firefox. Again we aren't doing anything special, so this would be a browser bug.