[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 59693] New: [Chromium] [Feature Request] Need SpellCheck API

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=59693

           Summary: [Chromium] [Feature Request] Need SpellCheck API
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.5
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: InChromiumBugs
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: WebCore JavaScript
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: hbono at chromium.org
                CC: dglazkov at chromium.org, morrita at google.com


Greetings,

>From the point of an extension developer, It would be great for WebKit to have a JavaScript API that encapsulates some functions of the TextCheckerHelper class.
I assume these functions are very useful for web-application developers to write a web application that integrates spell-checking functionarities:

* bool checkSpellingOfString(DOMString text, DOMString language)
Encapsulates TextCheckerClient::checkSpellingOfString(). That is, this function checks the spellings of the specified text with the spell-checker. If a spell-checker supports multiple languages, it uses the dictionary specified for the language parameter. This function returns true when the specified text is correct. Otherwise, it returns false.

* DOMStringList getSuggestions(DOMString queryWord, DOMString language)
Encapsulates TextCheckerClient::getSuggestions(). That is, this function returns the list of suggestions for the specified misspelled word. If the specified word is a correct word or the word does not have any suggestions. (The checkSpellingOfString() function should be used for distinguishing these cases.)

* void learnWord(DOMString word, DOMString language)
Encapsulates TextCheckerClient::learnWord(). That is, this function adds the specified word to the user-dictionary.

Also, this JavaScript function is pretty useful for those who write spell-checker extensions:
* void addMarker(Node node, long start, long length, DOMString suggestion)
Encapsulates DocumentMarkerController::addMaker(). That is, this function adds a misspelled underline and the suggestion to the specified range. (This function does not use a Range object because it is not so easy to use a Range object to specify text in a <textarea> element and an <input> element.

Regards,

Hironori Bono

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