::spelling-error
Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
The ::spelling-error CSS pseudo-element represents a text segment which the user agent has flagged as incorrectly spelled.
The ::spelling-error pseudo-element follows a special inheritance model common to all highlight pseudo-elements. For more details on how this inheritance works, see the Highlight pseudo-elements inheritance section.
Allowable properties
Only a small subset of CSS properties can be used in a rule with ::spelling-error in its selector:
colorbackground-colorcursorcaret-coloroutlineand its longhandstext-decorationand its associated propertiestext-emphasis-colortext-shadow
Syntax
css
::spelling-error {
/* ... */
}
Examples
Basic document spell check
In this example, eventual supporting browsers should highlight any flagged spelling errors with the styles shown.
HTML
html
<p contenteditable spellcheck="true">
My friends are coegdfgfddffbgning to the party tonight.
</p>
CSS
css
::spelling-error {
text-decoration: wavy red underline;
}
Result
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| CSS Pseudo-Elements Module Level 4 # selectordef-spelling-error |
Browser compatibility
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