3906: Spellchecker does not work in comments field

den.a******@gmai***** (Google Code) (Is this you? Claim this profile.)
June 26, 2015 
Review Board version 2.0.15 (also same issue with the demo on the official site - v. 2.5 beta 2)

Spell checker does not work in the comments field. For example, when writing a new review in the diff view spell checker does not mark down word mistakes.

Maс OS X 10.10.3, Opera 30.0 and Chrome 43.0.2357.130 (64-bit)
david
#1 david 
Unfortunately, browsers make it impossible to combine a rich text field and spellchecking. If you want spellchecking, you'll have to uncheck "Enable Markdown", which will convert the field to plain text.
  • +WontFix
tmk
#2 tmk 
Then how about getting rid of the rich text field? Working spell check is a basic expectation of a text form on a web app. Rich text view is not.
chipx86
#3 chipx86 
You can turn it off in your account settings. Rich text is frequently used, so we won't be getting rid of it, but it is optional. As more tools (and browsers themselves) begin using the same component we use, I'm still hopeful we'll get proper spell check support in time.