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7.6 Spelling and Grammar checking, Spelling and Grammar checking should be made available for designMode as well. By mentioning only the contenteditable attribute when referring to a editing host the text gives the inference that designMode is not applicable when in fact the entire document becomes an editing host. This text: "User agents can support the checking of spelling and grammar of editable text, either in form controls (such as the value of textarea elements), or in elements in an editing host (using contenteditable)." Should change to: "User agents can support the checking of spelling and grammar of editable text, either in form controls (such as the value of textarea elements), or in elements in an editing host (using contenteditable or designMode)." Justification: people with disabilities simply see the document in an editing mode. They don't know that it is a contenteditable section or designMode section. Although neither of these features need be turned on users will want to be able to use either of these two functions for both instances. Spelling and grammar checking support should be the same. This is a consistency discussion for both developers and end users. Note: although the accessibility task force understands this problem is not limited to accessibility we are filing it as such as it is something that came out of the accessibility task force.
mass-moved component to LC1
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Ian, it is not clear in the specs. where editing host refers to design mode: See the following link: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/editing.html#spelling-and-grammar-checking and this text: User agents can support the checking of spelling and grammar of editable text, either in form controls (such as the value of textarea elements), or in elements in an editing host (using contenteditable). Please correct this as your text conflicts with designMode by virtue of the fact that you only refer to contenteditable. Suggestion: remove this text: (using contenteditable) or state using (contenteditable or designMode)
You could also change:(using contenteditable) from previous post to: (e.g. using contenteditable) What you have there is confusing because as written it appears that only the contenteditable attribute feature of editing hosts is applicable.
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Checked in as WHATWG revision r6448. Check-in comment: clarify that this is just an example http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6447&to=6448