SpellCheck check not providing recommended fixes w/ right click

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#6991 · opened 2020-03-28 by u83rmensch · updated 2025-03-17 · 2 comments · github

Uu83rmensch 2020-03-28 github

Your system information

Steam client version (build number or date): 1585264767
Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Manjaro x64 kernel 5.5.8-1
Opted into Steam client beta?: Yes
Have you checked for system updates?: Yes

Please describe your issue in as much detail as possible:

Right clicking a misspelled word in steam chat does not provide recommended corrections. It will underline a misspelled word in red but right clicking said word will only give the normal cut/copy/paste options.

Steps for reproducing this issue:

start chat with friend or continue existing chat
type out a word incorrectly
right click the misspelled word only to find you'll only get the cut/copy/paste options, no correction recommendations/guesses are provided.

honestly im not even sure if this is even supported on the linux client. Quick google searches dont really pull up any info. I've not had it work on multiple distros for a while now and I'd like to really try to figure out why. Can anyone confirm, should spell check be functional on the linux steam chat client?

Edit: I dont normally leave reviews often and thought I would for HL:Alyx as I just finished it the other day. Upon doing this, I noticed the Spell check also does not work here either. Spell Check seems to be absent from the entire steam client, not just chat.

TTheRogueZeta 2020-08-04 github

I'll also comment that this behavior matches the Windows client.

CCodeVerse 2025-03-17 github

@ZetaPhoenix / @u83rmensch
I just stumbled on your issue here. Try this, after you type a misspelled word, double click it to highlight the word, then right click.
Do word suggestions populate in the right click menu?

I had this issue for the longest time, and just figured this out.

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