Bug: Spellcheck button does nothing (1.6.0)

IanD · 06-15-2021, 12:10 PM

Toolbar button which used to pop up a nice dialog showing all the spelling issues, but now does nothing at all.

Just me?

KevinH · 06-15-2021, 12:23 PM

Does using the menu work at all?

What platform are you using?

DiapDealer · 06-15-2021, 12:31 PM

Works for me on Windows. Both the toolbar button and the menu.

Do you have multiple monitors (or did you at one point)?

KevinH · 06-15-2021, 01:12 PM

Both work on macOS as well. Perhaps it opened up underneath the Sigil main window? Or as DiapDealer suggested off screen as it was last on another screen?

IanD · 06-15-2021, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinH

Does using the menu work at all?

What platform are you using?

W10. Menu does not work.

IanD · 06-15-2021, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Works for me on Windows. Both the toolbar button and the menu.

Do you have multiple monitors (or did you at one point)?

3 monitors, which hasn't changed. There's no indication of an extra window on the taskbar.

DiapDealer · 06-15-2021, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IanD

There's no indication of an extra window on the taskbar.

There wouldn't be an extra window on the taskbar on Windows 10, even if it was working correctly. Yours is simply saved with coordinates that are off the screen for some reason.

Open your Sigil.ini file (use Edit->Preferences and then click the "Open Preferences Location" button).
Close the main Sigil Window after you have the Sigil.ini file open for editing.
Find the [spellcheck_editor] section and delete the entire "geometry=" line that goes with it. Save, close, relaunch Sigil, and open the spellcheck dialog.

Back up your Sigil.ini file first just in case something goes wrong.

IanD · 06-15-2021, 05:03 PM

Thanks very much, DD. That got it.

No idea how that happened.

DiapDealer · 06-15-2021, 06:35 PM

Who knows. With three monitors, a resolution change, or a change to Sigil's HighDPI preference setting could have been enough to throw it off. If a desktop spans multiple monitors with different resolutions, I've seen dialogs shrink (or occasionally walk right off the screen) with subsequent program launches.

Happy to help!

06-15-2021, 12:10 PM	#1
IanD Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 275602 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: York, UK Device: Glo HD, PW2	Bug: Spellcheck button does nothing (1.6.0) Toolbar button which used to pop up a nice dialog showing all the spelling issues, but now does nothing at all. Just me?

06-15-2021, 05:03 PM	#8
IanD Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 275602 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: York, UK Device: Glo HD, PW2	Thanks very much, DD. That got it. No idea how that happened. Last edited by IanD; 06-15-2021 at 05:06 PM.

06-15-2021, 06:35 PM	#9
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,569 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Who knows. With three monitors, a resolution change, or a change to Sigil's HighDPI preference setting could have been enough to throw it off. If a desktop spans multiple monitors with different resolutions, I've seen dialogs shrink (or occasionally walk right off the screen) with subsequent program launches. Happy to help! Last edited by DiapDealer; 06-15-2021 at 06:39 PM.

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06-15-2021, 12:23 PM	#2
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,760 Karma: 5706256 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Does using the menu work at all? What platform are you using?

06-15-2021, 12:31 PM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,569 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Works for me on Windows. Both the toolbar button and the menu. Do you have multiple monitors (or did you at one point)?

06-15-2021, 01:12 PM	#4
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 8,760 Karma: 5706256 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Both work on macOS as well. Perhaps it opened up underneath the Sigil main window? Or as DiapDealer suggested off screen as it was last on another screen?

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