Add the ability to turn on/off spellcheck for text editable components
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Description
Originally by jmeyer
The spellcheck attribute is now supported by most browsers:
[http://caniuse.com/#feat=spellcheck-attribute]
It would be nice to add a method to turn it on or off.
It can be especially confusing in a TextField as it almost look like the entry is invalid.
Imported from https://dev.vaadin.com/ issue #15186
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Research direction
Start by locating the text-editable components, including TextField, and check how browser-facing attributes are handled. Implement the requested way to turn spellcheck on or off for those components, then verify that the setting changes the browser's spellcheck behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100