[wx-dev] [wxMac] spell checker off in wxTextCtrl by default ?

[Stefan Csomor]

Kevin Ollivier wrote:
>> I've gotten a bug report and the more I think about the arguments
>> brought forward the more I agree, that it is bad to have spell
>> checking off by default, however turning on this programmatically
>> seems a little bit cumbersome.
>>
>> a) do you agree that it is better to turn off spell checking by
>> default
>>     =

>
> Well, after reading the bug report, I definitely think it should be
> off on a read-only control. IMHO it should be considered a bug that a
> read-only control could have spell-checking enabled.
>   =

that's fixed already in 2.8 branch
> As for an editable text control, I think it should be on by default,
> but able to be turned off. I find a lot more people are pleased to
> see it on (excluding read-only controls, of course) than vice-versa,
> and I think that since the feature is Mac-specific, many people who
> could use the feature wouldn't notice that it exists. However, I do
> agree with the bug report submitter that calling MacCheckSpelling()
> is not really an ideal way to handle this.
>   =

when thinking about single line controls, then definitely the spell =

checking is not wanted by default I assume, when using multi-line then =

it depends I guess. Having addresses or source code etc for sure are not =

good candidates for spell checking, so I'm still leaning towards turning =

it off by default.

Thanks,

Stefan
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