Bug 341183

Summary: Automatic spellchecking (underlining misspelled words in input fields) does not work in Konqueror with Webkit engine
Product: [Frameworks and Libraries] kwebkitpart Reporter: Florian Dittmer <kde-bugs>
Component: generalAssignee: Konqueror Bugs <konqueror-bugs-null>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: normal CC: andreas.thalhammer, kde
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Linux   
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Attachments: Screenshots: Automatic spellchecking enabled but not working in Konqueror

Description Florian Dittmer 2014-11-22 16:42:59 UTC 
Konqueror has the option to enable "Automatic spellchecking" like other KDE applications. I assume that this feature means that words in Web forms such as Input fields or textareas are spellchecked instantly and typos are underlined with a red line or otherwise  marked.

However, in my case (KDE 4.14.3 on Gentoo) this does not work, even though the automatic spellchecking is enabled both in KDE global options as well as in Konqueror options. Typos in textareas on websites like this are not highlighted. 

On the other hand, using the context menu (right mouse button) on a text field allowes to initiate the manual spellcheck in Konqueror. Also, the automatic spellchecking works fine in other KDE applications like Kmail or Kwrite and misspelled words are underlined in red instantly in those applications.

I will attach screenshots.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Florian Dittmer 2014-11-22 16:44:48 UTC 
Created attachment 89681 [details]
Screenshots: Automatic spellchecking enabled but not working in Konqueror
Comment 2 Florian Dittmer 2014-11-22 19:28:45 UTC 
I figured out that this behaviour is related to the Webkit engine. When configuring Konqueror to use the KHTML engine, the automatic spellcheck with underlining of typos works as expected.

I have the following Webkit-related packages installed:
dev-qt/qtwebkit-4.8.5
kde-misc/kwebkitpart-1.3.4
net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.4-r1
net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.4.4-r201
Comment 3 Linux User #330250 2021-03-09 07:05:39 UTC 
I think this has been superseded by qtwebengine, where the bug still exists.
Comment 4 Linux User #330250 2021-03-09 07:16:56 UTC 
See Bug 434173