VS Code: enable inline spell checker, but disable spell check in the "Problems" panel

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I use the code spell checker for VS Code. I would like to disable the spell checker warnings/errors in the "PROBLEMS" panel (standard keyboard binding Ctrl+Shift+M) where "more serious" problems show up.

Often there are so many spell checker errors that I have to scroll down to the "real" problems :-)

Yeah these Intellisense drives me crazy. Too much distracting, specially if you are fixing "real" problem. — mgruber4, May 17 '21 at 13:05

score 132 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 08 '21 at 21:43

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See issues: don't show in Problems pane. It is suggested to try:

"cSpell.diagnosticLevel": "Hint",

in your settings.json. This will remove them from the problems pane. However, in your files these "hints" are now indicated by three small dots under the beginning of the misspell and are not all that apparent. You can modify them with the colorCustomization:

"workbench.colorCustomizations": {

  // will change the color of three dots to red
  "editorHint.foreground": "#ff0000",

  // will underline the entire word with dots in your chosen color
  "editorHint.border": "#00ff66"
}

This will give you both sets of hint dots, you can hide the built-in three dots by making them transparent:

"editorHint.foreground": "#f000",

edited Dec 08 '21 at 21:43

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answered May 14 '18 at 02:42

Mark

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Dear mark. Thanks :-) We must wait until the issue is fixed or fix it ourself :-) – Jens Madsen May 14 '18 at 18:25
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For me in 1.44.1 `editorHint.border` does not underline the whole word, it just makes 4 dots instead of 3. And they are slightly bigger dots. Probably visible enough for me: https://imgur.com/a/FZuvEjq – Philip May 15 '20 at 12:39
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For anyone interested in a better solution to this, please check the VSCode issue and upvote it: https://github.com/streetsidesoftware/vscode-spell-checker/issues/186 – thomthom Jun 06 '20 at 18:35
Already very cool! But: 1. The `editorHint` option is not recognized anymore as a valid setting. 2. Not the full word is underlined, only the dots. – jaques-sam Nov 30 '21 at 08:50
@DrumM The `editorHint` `colorCustomizations` are still recognized. They must be put into the `workbench.colorCustomizations` object within your settings. – Mark Dec 08 '21 at 21:47
is it possible to make cspell aware of the names of the installed python packages? I keep having errors for packages names that aren't plain english – ClementWalter Oct 18 '22 at 14:43

score 17 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '21 at 23:07

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Just Toggle Spell option in command pallete (View-Command Pallete)

answered Oct 25 '21 at 23:07

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The questions seeks to disable spelling errors in "Problems Panel", while keeping the underlines. Not disabling it all together. – Zhaolin Feng Jul 29 '22 at 04:37
Nice catch Zhaolin, but most of us want to disable it altogether. – Bryan Apr 11 '23 at 11:10
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@Bryan then just uninstall it – Curtis Apr 16 '23 at 02:02

RuchDi · Answer 3 · 2022-10-11T09:04:02.607

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Go to setting (Ctrl+,)
type cSpell.diagnosticLevel in a search box
change the option to Hint

edited Oct 11 '22 at 09:04

answered Jun 23 '22 at 02:46

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score 4 · Answer 4 · answered May 09 '22 at 12:35

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I've just unchecked C Spell: Enabled in Settings and all the Spelling related warnings has been disappeared.

answered May 09 '22 at 12:35

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score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 22 '21 at 21:13

HIDE:

Enable Dictionary Commands (use F1 or View -> Command Palette...):

Enable Spanish Spell Checker Dictionary Enable Spanish Spell Checker Dictionary in Workspace Disable Dictionary Commands (use F1 or View -> Command Palette...):

Disable Spanish Spell Checker Dictionary Disable Spanish Spell Checker Dictionary in Workspace

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 30 '20 at 19:36

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I just disabled all possible words using regex.

  "cSpell.ignoreRegExpList": [
    ".*"
  ]

answered Apr 30 '20 at 19:36

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Easier would be to just disable it. There's a setting to enable/disable: `"cSpell.enabled": false`. – neizan Jun 30 '20 at 20:06

score 1 · Answer 7 · edited May 02 '22 at 20:22

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You just need to go settings.json file.
Hit Ctrl+Shift+f and type cSpell.enabled. cSpell.enabled should be true, change it to false:

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answered Apr 30 '22 at 14:41

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> This setting cannot be applied because it is not registered as language override setting. – masterxilo Apr 04 '23 at 21:05

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Jul 11 '22 at 02:55

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It stopped working for me in .mdx files.

I explicitly enabled all file types by adding a * to the C Spell: Enable Filetypes in the Settings page in VS Code and it is working again!

answered Jul 11 '22 at 02:55

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shorif · Answer 9 · 2022-11-12T11:00:54.380

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write "!word" in the terminal > problem tab > search bar. it's a regular expression syntax. "!word" means all errors without an error name word. it will exclude all word-related errors.

Screenshot

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answered Nov 12 '22 at 10:56

shorif

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This is a simple and creative solution that got buried since it was submitted so late. – Mike Williamson May 09 '23 at 11:10

score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Feb 21 '19 at 22:32

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Right click on word and click show spell check configuration info from menu .A spell checker tab will appear then click on file info and deselect spell checker enabled for file type(in my case it was typescript).

answered Feb 21 '19 at 22:32

navaladi v.k

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What's the point? Just disable the extension instead. – Tanveer Badar Oct 12 '20 at 13:59

score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 18 '22 at 15:59

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if your problem is this then follow the below step to solve

go to your setting vs shortcut ctrl+, inside setting panel search cspell

when you search csepll you get the option

unchecked this cspell and your problem is solved

answered Jul 18 '22 at 15:59

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Soheil Hosseini · Answer 12 · 2022-10-02T08:24:51.850

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First go to the setting at the bottom left side of VS code window,

Setting Page

Search for "spell" in the search bar,

Search Bar

Now toggle the Enable/Disable Spell Checker option and disable it.

Toggle the Enable option

edited Oct 02 '22 at 08:24

answered Oct 02 '22 at 08:21

Soheil Hosseini

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VS Code: enable inline spell checker, but disable spell check in the "Problems" panel

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