Context Menu and Suggestion Controls

A right-click on an underlined word lets the user correct it without leaving the text. TX Spell .NET for Windows Forms provides this context menu for TX Text Control, the menu items to build one of your own, and the lists that show suggestions in the spell check dialog. Here is what each of them is and where it is described in detail.

The Built-In Context Menu

When a TXSpellChecker is connected to a TextControl, a right-click on a misspelled word opens a spell check menu with the suggestions for the word, Ignore and Ignore All, Add To Dictionary and the two dialogs, without any code:

The SpellCheckContextMenuStrip property of the TextControl turns it off or replaces it; Context Menus describes both.

Menu Items for a Menu of Your Own

GetMenuItems creates the spelling items for a misspelled word: its suggestions, Ignore, Ignore All and Add To Dictionary. Each item is a MenuItem, derived from ToolStripMenuItem, and carries out its action when it is clicked:

spellMenu.Items.AddRange(txSpellChecker1.GetMenuItems(word, textControl1, 5));

The items go into any ContextMenuStrip, next to the commands of your application. Another overload creates them for a word of a RichTextBox or a TextBox. The MenuItemClicked event reports each click.

Suggestion Lists

TX Spell .NET has no separate suggestion control to drop on a form. Suggestions appear in the lists of the spell check dialog, at the top of the context menu, and in controls of your own that you fill with CreateSuggestions or bind to the SpellingCorrectionUIProvider. Suggestion Controls describes each place.

Where to Read More

Next Steps

• Spell Check Dialog and Options Dialog: the dialogs the menu opens.
• TXSpellChecker: the component behind the menu.
• Context Menus: the menu in detail.