Disable spell-checking on HTML textfields

Question

Can I somehow disable spell-checking on HTML textfields (as seen in e.g. Safari)?

Answer 1

Javascript cannot override user settings, so unless you use another mechanism other than textfields, this is not (or shouldn't be) possible.

Note that my original answer above is 18 months old, and it is now possible by setting spellcheck='false'

Answer 2

Use a rich-text WYSIWYG editor. Most of the time, they use iFrames and other non-textarea elements that won't trigger the browser's spell checker.

Try looking at TinyMCE as an example.

Answer 3

Yes, use spellcheck=false, as defined by HTML5.