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151: <h1>HTML5: Edition for Web Authors</h1>
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1.13 mike 157: <ol class="toc"><li><ol><li><ol><li><a href="editing-apis.html#editing-apis"><span class="secno">7.5.4 </span>Editing APIs</a><li><a href="editing-apis.html#spelling-and-grammar-checking"><span class="secno">7.5.5 </span>Spelling and grammar checking</a></ol></ol></ol></div>
1.1 mike 158:
1.13 mike 159: <h4 id="editing-apis"><span class="secno">7.5.4 </span>Editing APIs</h4><p>The definition of the terms <dfn aria-haspopup="true" id="active-range" role="button" tabindex="0">active range</dfn>, <dfn aria-haspopup="true" id="editing-host" role="button" tabindex="0">editing
1.11 mike 160: host</dfn>, and <dfn aria-haspopup="true" id="editable" role="button" tabindex="0">editable</dfn>, the user interface requirements
1.13 mike 161: of elements that are <a href="#editing-host" id="editing-host_1" title="editing host">editing hosts</a>
1.19 mike 162: or <a href="#editable" id="editable_0">editable</a>, the
1.11 mike 163:
164: <dfn aria-haspopup="true" id="execCommand" role="button" tabindex="0"><code>execCommand()</code></dfn>,
165: <dfn aria-haspopup="true" id="dom-document-querycommandenabled" role="button" tabindex="0"><code>queryCommandEnabled()</code></dfn>,
166: <dfn aria-haspopup="true" id="dom-document-querycommandindeterm" role="button" tabindex="0"><code>queryCommandIndeterm()</code></dfn>,
167: <dfn aria-haspopup="true" id="dom-document-querycommandstate" role="button" tabindex="0"><code>queryCommandState()</code></dfn>,
168: <dfn aria-haspopup="true" id="dom-document-querycommandsupported" role="button" tabindex="0"><code>queryCommandSupported()</code></dfn>, and
169: <dfn aria-haspopup="true" id="dom-document-querycommandvalue" role="button" tabindex="0"><code>queryCommandValue()</code></dfn>
170:
1.19 mike 171: methods, and text selections are defined in the HTML Editing APIs
172: specification. The interaction of editing and the undo/redo features
173: in user agents is defined by the UndoManager and DOM Transaction
174: specification. <a href="references.html#refsEDITING">[EDITING]</a> <a href="references.html#refsUNDO">[UNDO]</a><h4 id="spelling-and-grammar-checking"><span class="secno">7.5.5 </span>Spelling and grammar checking</h4><p>The <dfn aria-haspopup="true" id="attr-spellcheck" role="button" tabindex="0"><code>spellcheck</code></dfn>
1.11 mike 175: attribute is an <a href="common-microsyntaxes.html#enumerated-attribute" id="enumerated-attribute_18">enumerated attribute</a> whose keywords are
176: the empty string, <code title="">true</code> and <code title="">false</code>. The empty string and the <code title="">true</code> keyword map to the <i>true</i> state. The <code title="">false</code> keyword maps to the <i>false</i> state. In
177: addition, there is a third state, the <a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#attr-input-autocomplete-default-state" id="default_4"><i>default</i></a> state, which is
178: the <i>missing value default</i> (and the <i>invalid value
1.12 mike 179: default</i>).<p class="note">The <i>true</i> state indicates that the element is
180: to have its spelling and grammar checked. The <a href="common-input-element-attributes.html#attr-input-autocomplete-default-state" id="default_5"><i>default</i></a> state
181: indicates that the element is to act according to a default
182: behavior, possibly based on the parent element's own <code title="attr-spellcheck"><a href="#attr-spellcheck" id="spellcheck_0">spellcheck</a></code> state, as defined below.
183: The <i>false</i> state indicates that the element is not to be
184: checked.<dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">element</var> . <code id="dom-spellcheck" title="dom-spellcheck"><a href="#dom-spellcheck">spellcheck</a></code> [ = <var title="">value</var> ]</dt>
1.1 mike 185:
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187:
1.11 mike 188: <p>Returns true if the element is to have its spelling and grammar
189: checked; otherwise, returns false.</p>
1.1 mike 190:
1.11 mike 191: <p>Can be set, to override the default and set the <code title="attr-spellcheck"><a href="#attr-spellcheck" id="spellcheck_1">spellcheck</a></code> content attribute.</p>
1.1 mike 192:
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1.11 mike 195: </dl><p class="note">This specification does not define the user
196: interface for spelling and grammar checkers. A user agent could
197: offer on-demand checking, could perform continuous checking while
198: the checking is enabled, or could use other interfaces.
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