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Beta channel update to 81.0.416.12 is live
Noel Burgess wrote:
HotCakeX wrote:
Microsoft Edge is now integrated with Windows Speller on Windows platforms 8.1 and above. This integration provides greater language support, with access to more language dictionaries and the ability to use Windows custom dictionaries. There is no further action needed from the users when a language has been added in the OS language settings and a language spellcheck toggle is enabled in Microsoft Edge settings.
A propos of our recent conversation, autocorrect is apparently still not implemented despite this update. My mispellings are still mispelt.
Ah why do you keep saying auto correct?
when did Microsoft say Edge is going to have auto correct?
Spell checking != auto correct
like I said earlier, auto correct is a feature handled by OS, not individual applications.
Windows 10 has auto correct in the settings (+ text suggestions) which works in all applications/programs.
Start -> Settings -> Devices -> Typing
when did Microsoft say Edge is going to have auto correct?
Look at my screenshot in the other conversation. This is what it says:
"The built-in spelling checker that autocorrects or underlines misspelled words and offers correction options is not currently available. Were sorry for the inconvenience and we will get this working as soon as possible."
Windows 10 has auto correct in the settings (+ text suggestions) which works in all applications/programs ...
...except Edge!
- Please upvote this feedback, it's for extending auto correct support to Win32 programs too
https://aka.ms/AA7ejsn - Spoiler
Noel Burgess wrote:
when did Microsoft say Edge is going to have auto correct?Look at my screenshot in the other conversation. This is what it says:
"The built-in spelling checker that autocorrects or underlines misspelled words and offers correction options is not currently available. Were sorry for the inconvenience and we will get this working as soon as possible."
Windows 10 has auto correct in the settings (+ text suggestions) which works in all applications/programs ......except Edge!
about Windows 10 auto correct,
This feature works within UWP applications such as Microsoft Edge legacy, Outlook Mail and Calendar, and most Windows Store apps. It also works when using the on-screen touch keyboard. It is not for legacy Win32 applications such as Google Chrome or the Edge browser.
I think It was a misunderstanding by Edge team, by auto correct they are referring to the same auto correct feature in Windows 10, but it doesn't work in Win32 programs, like the new Edge, only works in UWP apps, maybe Mac has it too and it works in all programs, I don't use it so I don't know.
never seen it inside a browser, there is also no flag or settings in Edge to even remotely suggest it has auto correct feature.
I hope developers shed some light on this because it's confusing.
... the same auto correct feature in Windows 10 ... doesn't work in Win32 programs, like the new Edge, only works in UWP apps,
... never seen it inside a browser,I don't know where Internet Explorer fits into your taxonomy, but Windows Spelling autocorrect works really well in both the IE and Legacy Edge browsers.
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Noel Burgess wrote:... the same auto correct feature in Windows 10 ... doesn't work in Win32 programs, like the new Edge, only works in UWP apps,
... never seen it inside a browser,I don't know where Internet Explorer fits into your taxonomy, but Windows Spelling autocorrect works really well in both the IE and Legacy Edge browsers.
it doesn't. I just tried it right now, opened Internet explorer, the default MSN home page loaded, in the Bing search bar typed these: "schol" , "rihana" , "Simultanus" and then nothing happened. the auto correct didn't kick in.
then I tried typing the same words in Mail app (UWP) by creating a new mail and typed the same words in the email body and auto correct kicked in and corrected those words automatically: "School" , "Rihanna" , "Simultaneous".
I can record the screen and post the video here if you want.