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2017 Dreamweaver - Spell Checker not functioning

lagooner
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Nov 07, 2016 Nov 07, 2016

Lots of great new features, but spell checking does not seem to be working for me in the new Dreamweaver.  Any suggestions?  I'm on an Apple...

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Jon Fritz Community Expert
Community Expert , Nov 21, 2016 Nov 21, 2016

It was happening consistently in a custom workspace while in split code/design with a single page open.

After some Windows updates and a few restarts, it now appears to be functioning correctly.

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Preran Adobe Employee
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Nov 07, 2016 Nov 07, 2016

Can you provide us with the specifics around what you mean by "not working"? Screenshots would help.

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Jon Fritz Community Expert
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Nov 07, 2016 Nov 07, 2016

It doesn't seem to work here either on Windows 7.

@Preran,

1. From Design View, I add in "jashf ksjahd fksjdhf kjshdf kshf skdfj" between the <body> tags
2. I highlight the gibberish text
3. I go to Tools > Spell Check and get an alert "Dreamweaver has finished checking the selection. Do you want to continue checking the rest of the document?"
4. I hit "Yes" and receive the alert "Spelling check completed" with "OK" as the only option.
5. I hit "OK" and the last word of my gibberish is highlighted with no further options/dialogues.
6. Clicking anywhere in the program deselects that last word of gibberish with no further input from the program.

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Preran Adobe Employee
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Nov 07, 2016 Nov 07, 2016
In Response To Jon Fritz

Thank you, Jon for the specifics. I will share this info with the product team.

If it isn't too much of a hassle, can you also report it to the team using the wishlist form Feature Request/Bug Report Form  if you have not already done so?

Thanks,

Preran

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Jon Fritz Community Expert
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Nov 07, 2016 Nov 07, 2016
In Response To Preran

Bug Report submitted.

@Nancy, yeah, I get nothing at all. There's never a point where the program asks me what I'd like to use in place of the misspellings. That dialogue never comes up for me.

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Ernesto57
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Jan 30, 2017 Jan 30, 2017
In Response To Jon Fritz

Hi, i have Dreamweaver CC 2017 on MAC OSX 10.11.06 Developer, Code View. Spell Checking does not work at all!?

I already deinstalled any Dreamweaver-Version and installed again, nothing happens.

I choose Shift/F7 Spellchecking and beside the Code-View the Live-View appears. No spellchecking is done...

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Jon Fritz Community Expert
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Jan 30, 2017 Jan 30, 2017
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The Spell Checker is only available in Design View. If you are in Live View, you'll notice the option is grayed out in the menu under Tools > Spell Check. The Keyboard shortcut also won't work in Live.

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English100
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Jan 30, 2017 Jan 30, 2017
In Response To Jon Fritz

I use it on a Mac and never had any issues except one. If I added a spelling to my dictionary the next file I ran spell checker on it said those words were misspelled.

Alan

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Ernesto57
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Jan 30, 2017 Jan 30, 2017
In Response To Jon Fritz

Hi, thx its work now in design view.

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Nancy OShea Community Expert
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Nov 07, 2016 Nov 07, 2016
In Response To Jon Fritz

Spell Check works fine for me on Win10 in Design View.  No text highlighted though.

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lnayal Adobe Employee
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Nov 18, 2016 Nov 18, 2016
In Response To Jon Fritz

Hi Jon,

I tried recreating the issue ate our end but couldn't. Please provide some more information to help us recreating the issue.

1. Are you seeing this problem consistently?

2. What workspace of DW you are in?

3. Are you in full design view or split view?

4. Do you have multiple html pages open?

Thanks,

Lalita

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Jon Fritz Community Expert
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Nov 21, 2016 Nov 21, 2016
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It was happening consistently in a custom workspace while in split code/design with a single page open.

After some Windows updates and a few restarts, it now appears to be functioning correctly.

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maryf71824562
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May 16, 2017 May 16, 2017

I've been using DW 2015, and I just installed 2017 on a new computer, but I can't get it to spell check at all.  It just switches to split mode and ignores my requests for spell-checking; nothing comes up at all. Everything is totally up to date. What should I do?

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Jon Fritz Community Expert
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May 16, 2017 May 16, 2017
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have you restarted the computer yet and can you verify you are in Design View?

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Nancy OShea Community Expert
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May 16, 2017 May 16, 2017
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Switch to Design View on Document Toolbar.  Spell Check won't work in Live View.

Nancy

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Soulancipation
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Dec 08, 2018 Dec 08, 2018

I am using the latest version of Dreamweaver CC (19.0 Build 11193), and this problem persists. I did some thorough trouble-shooting and I determined that spell-check does not work when Live mode is active--regardless of whether the screen is split or not. When I switch to Design mode, spell-check seems to work, again regardless of screen layout.

This is clearly a BUG. There is no logical reason that spell-check should not work in Live mode; I think the developers need to take a look at this.

David

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Nancy OShea Community Expert
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Dec 09, 2018 Dec 09, 2018
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It's not a bug.  It's there by design (no pun intended).  Live View doesn't support everything that Design View does.  If you think that needs to be changed, submit a feature request from your Help Menu.

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