::spelling-error
Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
The ::spelling-error
CSS pseudo-element represents a text segment which the user agent has flagged as incorrectly spelled.
Allowable properties
Only a small subset of CSS properties can be used in a rule with ::spelling-error
in its selector:
color
background-color
cursor
caret-color
outline
and its longhandstext-decoration
and its associated propertiestext-emphasis-color
text-shadow
Syntax
css
::spelling-error {
/* ... */
}
Examples
Basic document spell check
In this example, eventual supporting browsers should highlight any flagged spelling errors with the styles shown.
HTML
html
<p contenteditable spellcheck="true">
My friends are coegdfgfddffbgning to the party tonight.
</p>
CSS
css
::spelling-error {
text-decoration: wavy red underline;
}
Result
Specifications
Specification |
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CSS Pseudo-Elements Module Level 4 # selectordef-spelling-error |
Browser compatibility
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::spelling-error |
Legend
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- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
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