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Published Sep. 10, 2025

Spell check button does not appear on CKEditor toolbar

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Shimada Taro

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Issue

  • The official CKEditor demo page shows the spell check button in the toolbar, but not in CKEditor on Liferay

Environment

  • Liferay DXP 7.0, Liferay DXP 7.1

Resolution

CKEditor uses SCAYT, a free, ad-supported cloud service, for its spell-checking functionality, which has been removed from CKEditor's implementation at DXP.

Also, CKEditor seems to be set by default to disable the spell check that the browser has.

Possible solutions include:

  • Use Alloy Editor (browser spell check enabled by default)
  • Upgrade CKEditor to Standard Edition (will be customized)
  • Enable CKEditor's browser spell checker (this will be a customization)

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