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HTML
<div><button id="spell">Toggle Spellcheck</button><span id="spellStatus"></span></div>
<div><button id="edit">Toggle Editable</button><span id="editStatus"></span></div>
<div id="textContent" style="margin:20px; padding:20px; border:1px dotted #888;">
Here is some texxt with spellung erreurs.
</div>
<div>
<p>In Chrome (if not other browsers):</p>
<ol>
<li>Enable editing</li>
<li>Click inside the text content above</li>
<li>Notice the red underlines</li>
<li>Disable editing</li>
<li>Notice that the red underlines persist even when the content is not editable</li>
</ol>
</div>
JavaScript
function updateStatus() {
console.log("updating");
$("#spellStatus").text( String( $("#textContent").attr("spellcheck") ) );
$("#editStatus").text( String( $("#textContent").attr("contentEditable") ) );
}
$(function() {
updateStatus();
$("#spell").click(function() {
console.log("spell");
$("#textContent").attr( "spellcheck", function(ix,old) {
old = old === "false" ? false : true; // defaults to true
console.log("setting " + (!old));
return !old;
});
});
$("#edit").click(function() {
console.log("edit");
$("#textContent").attr( "contentEditable", function(ix,old) {
old = old === "true" ? true : false; // defaults false
console.log("setting " + (!old));
this.style.borderColor = (!old) ? "red" : "#888";
return !old;
});
});
$("#spell, #edit").click(updateStatus);
});