Thunderbird keyboard shortcut to switch dictionary language
As a non-American I write emails in multiple languages. In the newest releases of Thunderbird the add-on Dictionary Switcher is no longer supported, so I would like to just add a shortcut for cycling through installed dictionary languages.
I am aware of the add-on Automatic Dictionary, but that only works on remembered contacts.
I have the KeyConfig add-on, but I can't find a working formula for changing dictionary language in the compose window. I have tried these three:
var SD='spellchecker.dictionary';
try{var sd=navigator.preference(SD);
sd=prompt('Spelling dictionary',sd);
if(sd!=null && sd!='') {
navigator.preference(SD,sd);
}
} catch (e) {alert('Permission to change the dictionary was denied');}
And
changeLanguage({ target: "en-US", __noSuchMethod__: function() { } });
And
Services.prefs.setCharPref("spellchecker.dictionary", "en-US");
Does anybody know code that works or potentially a different solution? I am on Ubuntu.
ubuntu keyboard-shortcuts thunderbird language spell-check
asked Jan 22 at 9:46
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As a non-American I write emails in multiple languages. In the newest releases of Thunderbird the add-on Dictionary Switcher is no longer supported, so I would like to just add a shortcut for cycling through installed dictionary languages.
I am aware of the add-on Automatic Dictionary, but that only works on remembered contacts.
I have the KeyConfig add-on, but I can't find a working formula for changing dictionary language in the compose window. I have tried these three:
var SD='spellchecker.dictionary';
try{var sd=navigator.preference(SD);
sd=prompt('Spelling dictionary',sd);
if(sd!=null && sd!='') {
navigator.preference(SD,sd);
}
} catch (e) {alert('Permission to change the dictionary was denied');}
And
changeLanguage({ target: "en-US", __noSuchMethod__: function() { } });
And
Services.prefs.setCharPref("spellchecker.dictionary", "en-US");
Does anybody know code that works or potentially a different solution? I am on Ubuntu.
ubuntu keyboard-shortcuts thunderbird language spell-check
asked Jan 22 at 9:46
RasmusRasmus
11
add a comment |
As a non-American I write emails in multiple languages. In the newest releases of Thunderbird the add-on Dictionary Switcher is no longer supported, so I would like to just add a shortcut for cycling through installed dictionary languages.
I am aware of the add-on Automatic Dictionary, but that only works on remembered contacts.
I have the KeyConfig add-on, but I can't find a working formula for changing dictionary language in the compose window. I have tried these three:
var SD='spellchecker.dictionary';
try{var sd=navigator.preference(SD);
sd=prompt('Spelling dictionary',sd);
if(sd!=null && sd!='') {
navigator.preference(SD,sd);
}
} catch (e) {alert('Permission to change the dictionary was denied');}
And
changeLanguage({ target: "en-US", __noSuchMethod__: function() { } });
And
Services.prefs.setCharPref("spellchecker.dictionary", "en-US");
Does anybody know code that works or potentially a different solution? I am on Ubuntu.
ubuntu keyboard-shortcuts thunderbird language spell-check
asked Jan 22 at 9:46
RasmusRasmus
11
As a non-American I write emails in multiple languages. In the newest releases of Thunderbird the add-on Dictionary Switcher is no longer supported, so I would like to just add a shortcut for cycling through installed dictionary languages.
I am aware of the add-on Automatic Dictionary, but that only works on remembered contacts.
I have the KeyConfig add-on, but I can't find a working formula for changing dictionary language in the compose window. I have tried these three:
var SD='spellchecker.dictionary';
try{var sd=navigator.preference(SD);
sd=prompt('Spelling dictionary',sd);
if(sd!=null && sd!='') {
navigator.preference(SD,sd);
}
} catch (e) {alert('Permission to change the dictionary was denied');}
And
changeLanguage({ target: "en-US", __noSuchMethod__: function() { } });
And
Services.prefs.setCharPref("spellchecker.dictionary", "en-US");
Does anybody know code that works or potentially a different solution? I am on Ubuntu.
ubuntu keyboard-shortcuts thunderbird language spell-check
ubuntu keyboard-shortcuts thunderbird language spell-check
asked Jan 22 at 9:46
RasmusRasmus
11
asked Jan 22 at 9:46
RasmusRasmus
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asked Jan 22 at 9:46
RasmusRasmus
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