Summary

Support spell checking, dictation, and AI rewriting in text fields.

Review Request #14962 — Created March 26, 2026 and updated March 27, 2026, 6:15 p.m.

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chipx86

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release-7.1.x

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Description

Last year, we solved this integration and implemented it in our NPM
CodeMirror Speak-and-Spell library at
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@beanbag/codemirror-speak-and-spell.

This not only provides spell checking, but also enables support for the
browser's dictation and AI rewriting capabilities, amongst others, if
the browser supports them.

This change adds support for this within Review Board. There's an opt-in
feature in My Account -> Settings for enabling this, and once enabled,
text fields will support spell checking and the other listed features
in all text fields.

Spell checking applies to all text, including any code blocks. This
does not differentiate between any kinds of content within the text
field.

The feature is currently opt-in due to behavioral quirks in Chrome and
Safari. While Firefox will check spelling upon display of the text
field, Chrome and Safari will check only while typing or when clicking
on a word. This isn't specific to our implementation, but rather it can
be seen with any standard text field. That may change in time, at which
point we'd enable this by default.

Testing Done

Enabled and tested on Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. Worked in all three
browsers, with the quirks noted.

Tested AI rewriting and speech-to-text in iOS Safari.

Tested that behavior was normal with the setting off.

Commits

Summary	ID
Support spell checking, dictation, and AI rewriting in text fields. For ages now, we've wanted to offer spell checking in text fields. This has been one of our most-requested features, but we were limited due to the capabilities and limitations of CodeMirror and the lack of browser APIs for integrating with the spell checking dictionary. This has remained despite my own tries to get PMs from both Chrome and Firefox interested in opening up their vendored APIs. Last year, we solved this integration and implemented it in our NPM CodeMirror Speak-and-Spell library at https://www.npmjs.com/package/@beanbag/codemirror-speak-and-spell. This not only provides spell checking, but also enables support for the browser's dictation and AI rewriting capabilities, amongst others, if the browser supports them. This change adds support for this within Review Board. There's an opt-in feature in My Account -> Settings for enabling this, and once enabled, text fields will support spell checking and the other listed features in all text fields. The feature is currently opt-in due to behavioral quirks in Chrome and Safari. While Firefox will check spelling upon display of the text field, Chrome and Safari will check only while typing or when clicking on a word. This isn't specific to our implementation, but rather it can be seen with any standard text field. That may change in time, at which point we'd enable this by default.	cd304f9e082417c7695d4cea111dd8cdaed6f938

Summary

Support spell checking, dictation, and AI rewriting in text fields.

For ages now, we've wanted to offer spell checking in text fields. This has been one of our most-requested features, but we were limited due to the capabilities and limitations of CodeMirror and the lack of browser APIs for integrating with the spell checking dictionary. This has remained despite my own tries to get PMs from both Chrome and Firefox interested in opening up their vendored APIs. Last year, we solved this integration and implemented it in our NPM CodeMirror Speak-and-Spell library at https://www.npmjs.com/package/@beanbag/codemirror-speak-and-spell. This not only provides spell checking, but also enables support for the browser's dictation and AI rewriting capabilities, amongst others, if the browser supports them. This change adds support for this within Review Board. There's an opt-in feature in My Account -> Settings for enabling this, and once enabled, text fields will support spell checking and the other listed features in all text fields. The feature is currently opt-in due to behavioral quirks in Chrome and Safari. While Firefox will check spelling upon display of the text field, Chrome and Safari will check only while typing or when clicking on a word. This isn't specific to our implementation, but rather it can be seen with any standard text field. That may change in time, at which point we'd enable this by default.

cd304f9e082417c7695d4cea111dd8cdaed6f938

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Issues

Description	From	Last Updated
Shouldn't this have a return type of bool \| None?	maubin	March 26, 2026, 12:25 p.m.
This should also mention the None return.	david	March 27, 2026, 5:13 p.m.
In the case that self.settings is None, this returns False instead of None. Probably should be: if (profile_settings := self.settings): …	david	March 27, 2026, 5:13 p.m.
enableSpellChecking needs to be added to this interface.	david	March 27, 2026, 5:14 p.m.

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reviewboard/accounts/models.py (Diff revision 1)
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```
Shouldn't this have a return type of bool | None?
```

Change Summary:

Fixed the type for Profile.should_enable_spell_checking.

Commits:

	Summary	ID
	Support spell checking, dictation, and AI rewriting in text fields. For ages now, we've wanted to offer spell checking in text fields. This has been one of our most-requested features, but we were limited due to the capabilities and limitations of CodeMirror and the lack of browser APIs for integrating with the spell checking dictionary. This has remained despite my own tries to get PMs from both Chrome and Firefox interested in opening up their vendored APIs. Last year, we solved this integration and implemented it in our NPM CodeMirror Speak-and-Spell library at https://www.npmjs.com/package/@beanbag/codemirror-speak-and-spell. This not only provides spell checking, but also enables support for the browser's dictation and AI rewriting capabilities, amongst others, if the browser supports them. This change adds support for this within Review Board. There's an opt-in feature in My Account -> Settings for enabling this, and once enabled, text fields will support spell checking and the other listed features in all text fields. The feature is currently opt-in due to behavioral quirks in Chrome and Safari. While Firefox will check spelling upon display of the text field, Chrome and Safari will check only while typing or when clicking on a word. This isn't specific to our implementation, but rather it can be seen with any standard text field. That may change in time, at which point we'd enable this by default.	1a1e1f290b681f91f23b171965dd9a38dc2589da
	Support spell checking, dictation, and AI rewriting in text fields. For ages now, we've wanted to offer spell checking in text fields. This has been one of our most-requested features, but we were limited due to the capabilities and limitations of CodeMirror and the lack of browser APIs for integrating with the spell checking dictionary. This has remained despite my own tries to get PMs from both Chrome and Firefox interested in opening up their vendored APIs. Last year, we solved this integration and implemented it in our NPM CodeMirror Speak-and-Spell library at https://www.npmjs.com/package/@beanbag/codemirror-speak-and-spell. This not only provides spell checking, but also enables support for the browser's dictation and AI rewriting capabilities, amongst others, if the browser supports them. This change adds support for this within Review Board. There's an opt-in feature in My Account -> Settings for enabling this, and once enabled, text fields will support spell checking and the other listed features in all text fields. The feature is currently opt-in due to behavioral quirks in Chrome and Safari. While Firefox will check spelling upon display of the text field, Chrome and Safari will check only while typing or when clicking on a word. This isn't specific to our implementation, but rather it can be seen with any standard text field. That may change in time, at which point we'd enable this by default.	e5a049f0ca276e1f16a86566c4d0075d02f15146

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	reviewboard/package.json
	reviewboard/accounts/models.py
	reviewboard/accounts/forms/pages.py
	reviewboard/accounts/templatetags/accounts.py
	reviewboard/static/rb/js/common/models/userSessionModel.ts
	reviewboard/static/rb/js/ui/views/textEditorView.ts

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Change Summary:


Fixed a bad key rename from a merge conflict.
Updated unit tests to consider the new setting.

Commits:

	Summary	ID
	Support spell checking, dictation, and AI rewriting in text fields. For ages now, we've wanted to offer spell checking in text fields. This has been one of our most-requested features, but we were limited due to the capabilities and limitations of CodeMirror and the lack of browser APIs for integrating with the spell checking dictionary. This has remained despite my own tries to get PMs from both Chrome and Firefox interested in opening up their vendored APIs. Last year, we solved this integration and implemented it in our NPM CodeMirror Speak-and-Spell library at https://www.npmjs.com/package/@beanbag/codemirror-speak-and-spell. This not only provides spell checking, but also enables support for the browser's dictation and AI rewriting capabilities, amongst others, if the browser supports them. This change adds support for this within Review Board. There's an opt-in feature in My Account -> Settings for enabling this, and once enabled, text fields will support spell checking and the other listed features in all text fields. The feature is currently opt-in due to behavioral quirks in Chrome and Safari. While Firefox will check spelling upon display of the text field, Chrome and Safari will check only while typing or when clicking on a word. This isn't specific to our implementation, but rather it can be seen with any standard text field. That may change in time, at which point we'd enable this by default.	e5a049f0ca276e1f16a86566c4d0075d02f15146
	Support spell checking, dictation, and AI rewriting in text fields. For ages now, we've wanted to offer spell checking in text fields. This has been one of our most-requested features, but we were limited due to the capabilities and limitations of CodeMirror and the lack of browser APIs for integrating with the spell checking dictionary. This has remained despite my own tries to get PMs from both Chrome and Firefox interested in opening up their vendored APIs. Last year, we solved this integration and implemented it in our NPM CodeMirror Speak-and-Spell library at https://www.npmjs.com/package/@beanbag/codemirror-speak-and-spell. This not only provides spell checking, but also enables support for the browser's dictation and AI rewriting capabilities, amongst others, if the browser supports them. This change adds support for this within Review Board. There's an opt-in feature in My Account -> Settings for enabling this, and once enabled, text fields will support spell checking and the other listed features in all text fields. The feature is currently opt-in due to behavioral quirks in Chrome and Safari. While Firefox will check spelling upon display of the text field, Chrome and Safari will check only while typing or when clicking on a word. This isn't specific to our implementation, but rather it can be seen with any standard text field. That may change in time, at which point we'd enable this by default.	ad34e723fd301d5981c3d2e7051e78176028746c

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	reviewboard/package.json
	reviewboard/accounts/models.py
	reviewboard/accounts/forms/pages.py
	reviewboard/accounts/templatetags/accounts.py
	reviewboard/accounts/tests/test_template_tags.py
	reviewboard/static/rb/js/common/models/userSessionModel.ts
	reviewboard/static/rb/js/ui/views/textEditorView.ts

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reviewboard/accounts/models.py (Diff revision 3)
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```
This should also mention the None return.
```

reviewboard/accounts/models.py (Diff revision 3)

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In the case that self.settings is None, this returns False instead of None. Probably should be:

if (profile_settings := self.settings):
    return profile_settings.get('enable_spell_checking', None)
else:
    return None

reviewboard/static/rb/js/common/models/userSessionModel.ts (Diff revision 3)
The issue has been resolved. Show all issues
```
enableSpellChecking needs to be added to this interface.
```

Change Summary:


Fixed the return type of should_enable_spell_checking when settings are None and updated docs.
Added enableSpellChecking to UserSessionAttrs.

Commits:

	Summary	ID
	Support spell checking, dictation, and AI rewriting in text fields. For ages now, we've wanted to offer spell checking in text fields. This has been one of our most-requested features, but we were limited due to the capabilities and limitations of CodeMirror and the lack of browser APIs for integrating with the spell checking dictionary. This has remained despite my own tries to get PMs from both Chrome and Firefox interested in opening up their vendored APIs. Last year, we solved this integration and implemented it in our NPM CodeMirror Speak-and-Spell library at https://www.npmjs.com/package/@beanbag/codemirror-speak-and-spell. This not only provides spell checking, but also enables support for the browser's dictation and AI rewriting capabilities, amongst others, if the browser supports them. This change adds support for this within Review Board. There's an opt-in feature in My Account -> Settings for enabling this, and once enabled, text fields will support spell checking and the other listed features in all text fields. The feature is currently opt-in due to behavioral quirks in Chrome and Safari. While Firefox will check spelling upon display of the text field, Chrome and Safari will check only while typing or when clicking on a word. This isn't specific to our implementation, but rather it can be seen with any standard text field. That may change in time, at which point we'd enable this by default.	ad34e723fd301d5981c3d2e7051e78176028746c
	Support spell checking, dictation, and AI rewriting in text fields. For ages now, we've wanted to offer spell checking in text fields. This has been one of our most-requested features, but we were limited due to the capabilities and limitations of CodeMirror and the lack of browser APIs for integrating with the spell checking dictionary. This has remained despite my own tries to get PMs from both Chrome and Firefox interested in opening up their vendored APIs. Last year, we solved this integration and implemented it in our NPM CodeMirror Speak-and-Spell library at https://www.npmjs.com/package/@beanbag/codemirror-speak-and-spell. This not only provides spell checking, but also enables support for the browser's dictation and AI rewriting capabilities, amongst others, if the browser supports them. This change adds support for this within Review Board. There's an opt-in feature in My Account -> Settings for enabling this, and once enabled, text fields will support spell checking and the other listed features in all text fields. The feature is currently opt-in due to behavioral quirks in Chrome and Safari. While Firefox will check spelling upon display of the text field, Chrome and Safari will check only while typing or when clicking on a word. This isn't specific to our implementation, but rather it can be seen with any standard text field. That may change in time, at which point we'd enable this by default.	6b6a4d84364a637bc4a95c0de62970b333a6bbce

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	reviewboard/package.json
	reviewboard/accounts/models.py
	reviewboard/accounts/forms/pages.py
	reviewboard/accounts/templatetags/accounts.py
	reviewboard/accounts/tests/test_template_tags.py
	reviewboard/static/rb/js/common/models/userSessionModel.ts
	reviewboard/static/rb/js/ui/views/textEditorView.ts

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flake8 passed.

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Change Summary:

Added the missing fix for Profile.should_enable_spell_checking.

Commits:

	Summary	ID
	Support spell checking, dictation, and AI rewriting in text fields. For ages now, we've wanted to offer spell checking in text fields. This has been one of our most-requested features, but we were limited due to the capabilities and limitations of CodeMirror and the lack of browser APIs for integrating with the spell checking dictionary. This has remained despite my own tries to get PMs from both Chrome and Firefox interested in opening up their vendored APIs. Last year, we solved this integration and implemented it in our NPM CodeMirror Speak-and-Spell library at https://www.npmjs.com/package/@beanbag/codemirror-speak-and-spell. This not only provides spell checking, but also enables support for the browser's dictation and AI rewriting capabilities, amongst others, if the browser supports them. This change adds support for this within Review Board. There's an opt-in feature in My Account -> Settings for enabling this, and once enabled, text fields will support spell checking and the other listed features in all text fields. The feature is currently opt-in due to behavioral quirks in Chrome and Safari. While Firefox will check spelling upon display of the text field, Chrome and Safari will check only while typing or when clicking on a word. This isn't specific to our implementation, but rather it can be seen with any standard text field. That may change in time, at which point we'd enable this by default.	6b6a4d84364a637bc4a95c0de62970b333a6bbce
	Support spell checking, dictation, and AI rewriting in text fields. For ages now, we've wanted to offer spell checking in text fields. This has been one of our most-requested features, but we were limited due to the capabilities and limitations of CodeMirror and the lack of browser APIs for integrating with the spell checking dictionary. This has remained despite my own tries to get PMs from both Chrome and Firefox interested in opening up their vendored APIs. Last year, we solved this integration and implemented it in our NPM CodeMirror Speak-and-Spell library at https://www.npmjs.com/package/@beanbag/codemirror-speak-and-spell. This not only provides spell checking, but also enables support for the browser's dictation and AI rewriting capabilities, amongst others, if the browser supports them. This change adds support for this within Review Board. There's an opt-in feature in My Account -> Settings for enabling this, and once enabled, text fields will support spell checking and the other listed features in all text fields. The feature is currently opt-in due to behavioral quirks in Chrome and Safari. While Firefox will check spelling upon display of the text field, Chrome and Safari will check only while typing or when clicking on a word. This isn't specific to our implementation, but rather it can be seen with any standard text field. That may change in time, at which point we'd enable this by default.	cd304f9e082417c7695d4cea111dd8cdaed6f938

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	reviewboard/package.json
	reviewboard/accounts/models.py
	reviewboard/accounts/forms/pages.py
	reviewboard/accounts/templatetags/accounts.py
	reviewboard/accounts/tests/test_template_tags.py
	reviewboard/static/rb/js/common/models/userSessionModel.ts
	reviewboard/static/rb/js/ui/views/textEditorView.ts

Checks run (2 succeeded)

flake8 passed.

JSHint passed.

Ship it!

```
Ship It!
```