[DONE]Firefox spell checking works on some websites but not

[andrew-lohmann]

Firefox spell checking works on some websites but not on others

Firefox with Spell Checker add on works on some websites but not on other websites.
Works on; sites.google.com Wiki
Does not work or works intermittently on; Facebook or this forum.
But Firefox for Windows works on any website of those and others.

I have Reset Firefox.
Looked at Java but I can not tell if that is up to date on Linux.

I note that there is another support question on this issue but it did not help me.

I am using Firefox 24.4.0
Mageia 4, XFCE which is up to date as of today.

[doktor5000]

You may want to check http://kb.mozillazine.org/Spell_checking if it helps

[andrew-lohmann]

I learnt something I don't need the spell-check add on. But that has not resolved the difference between Linux and Windows XP.
I just tested Windows behavour. It is fine as it always has been and it does not have spell-check add on.

Windows is running Java 7.51 and Firefox 28.x

[andrew-lohmann]

I may have found the problem. The clue is in this answer;
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/quest ... x&r=2&as=s

Right click.
I found spelling is ticked (on)
Select language. I select the one I want.

It is all working now. I think I have been through those steps before (hence my comment that the problem is intermittent). Perhaps these steps need to be done every time I turn the computer on and need Firefox spell checking. If this work-around works consistently I shall return and mark it so the problem DONE

[doktor5000]

In Firefox you may want to check about:config for the relevant settings, maybe they're simply not exposed via the GUI.
Check http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config and
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Layout.spellcheckDefault and check the related prefences at the bottom there.

[andrew-lohmann]

Thanks Doktor.

Linux Firefox has three English languages (Canadian USA British). Most likely my act of selecting one of those which I came across on the right click sorted the problem. The GUI is a little different between Windows and Linux. Anyway I don't know why some websites worked and others did not until I did the language selection but I guess I won't know now why it all works?

The link I posted that was in pursuit of the possibility that some websites could be inhibited from spell-checking and the support question was about undoing that inhibition.

[doktor5000]

My comment was actually more about this part in particular:

Perhaps these steps need to be done every time I turn the computer on and need Firefox spell checking.

If that's not the case, feel free to ignore the hint

[andrew-lohmann]

I have not needed to do anything again (Select language)

Thanks