This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
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
::spelling-error
Examples
Simple document spell check
In this example, eventual supporting browsers should highlight any flagged spelling errors with the styles shown.
HTML
<p contenteditable spellcheck="true">My friends are coegdfgfddffbgning to the party tonight.</p>
CSS
::spelling-error { text-decoration: wavy red; }
Result
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
CSS Pseudo-Elements Level 4 The definition of '::spelling-error' in that specification. |
Working Draft | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
::spelling-error | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox No support No | IE No support No | Opera No support No | Safari No support No | WebView Android No support No | Chrome Android No support No | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android No support No | Safari iOS No support No | Samsung Internet Android No support No |
Legend
- No support
- No support