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  • Disabling Spellcheck in Textarea Elements

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    To disable spell checking on HTML elements in newer browsers (eg. Firefox 3.6) set the attribute spellcheck="false" in the element's opening tag. Note: Some browsers (eg. Safari 5) will not show the red underline for mispelled words until you focus your cursor on a word and then remove it.

    For more detailed information refer to the W3C Specification.

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