How to highlight worng spelling on textbox?

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I would like to show wrong spelling on a textbox. I not sure what to use , if it can be done with javascript, or any other language to make it work. I would like it to show wrong word red highlight.

Something like this: http://foundeo.com/spell-checker/ but i wont need the 'check spelling' button.

Im trying to get it to work on IE 8, dont care about other browsers.

In this textbox I would like it to show the the wrong spelling words.

<p>
        Please provide specific comments about <strong>#GetEmployee.emp_namefirst#</strong>  to support your ratings:

        <br>
        <textarea style="width:99%;" rows="3" name="txtPosComment"></textarea></p>

is it anywhere online to see it? – user3591637 Jul 28 '14 at 23:15 — user3591637, Jul 28 '14 at 23:15
(You have to wonder if the title was intentional....) – Michael Todd Jul 28 '14 at 23:23 — Michael Todd, Jul 28 '14 at 23:23
@MichaelTodd I do very much wonder that myself... – Brett Holmes Jul 28 '14 at 23:24 — Brett Holmes, Jul 28 '14 at 23:24
@michaeltodd i was hoping somebody would help this way ;) – user3591637 Jul 28 '14 at 23:38 — user3591637, Jul 28 '14 at 23:38

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 28 '14 at 23:57

It could certainly be done using JavaScript, but you will likely need to communicate with a server as well. You're going to want to send words to the server and have the server check the spelling and then send a result back to the client. Otherwise you would need to send the entire dictionary to the client (which I guess is feasible if it's small, but for example, the entire English language could be a very large file).

You might also be able to hook into the spell check services of various browsers and operating systems using JavaScript, though I don't know how to go about that.

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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i think there is a similar question in the following link that might resolve your problem Javascript based spell-checkers for web applications

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Jul 29 '14 at 00:02

vikash

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 29 '14 at 07:34

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You could use HTML5's SpellCheck attribute.

spellcheck="true"

It's got support in most modern browsers

Reference: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_global_spellcheck.asp

Examlple

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

answered Jul 29 '14 at 07:34

sebbzzz

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This, ofcourse, would not stop the users from entering input that is misspelled, however it would help them not doing it intentionally – sebbzzz Jul 29 '14 at 07:35

How to highlight worng spelling on textbox?

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