Spell Checker in Windows Store App

Introduction

In this article I provide a sample Spell Checker app. So let us first all understand what a spell checker is and it's use.

A spell checker is used to check the spelling of your document. For example we all have worked on a Word document. While writing the document, you have noticed that if you write a misspelled word then a red line automatically appears at the misspelled word. Then you need to right-click on the misspelled word to get all the possible corrections in a context menu, then choose one of them as the correction of your misspelled word.

I want to implement the same thing in a Windows Store app. When I will write a misspelled word  in a TextBox then a red line should appear automatically and when I right-click on a misspelled word all possible corrections should be shown in the context menu.

Use the following procedure to create it.

Step 1

First of all you must create a new Windows Store Application.
Open Visual Studio 2012
"File" -> "New" -> "Project..."
Choose "Template" -> "Visual C#" -> "Window Store app"
Choose "Blank App (XAML)" then rename the application 

Step 2

Write the following XAML code in "Mainpage.Xaml" (that is available in Solution Explorer):

<Page

    x:Class="spell_cheeking_app.MainPage"

    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"

    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"

    xmlns:local="using:spell_cheeking_app"

    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"

    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"

    mc:Ignorable="d">

 

    <Grid Background="Red">

        <Grid.RowDefinitions>

            <RowDefinition Height="82*"/>

            <RowDefinition Height="31*"/>

            <RowDefinition Height="86*"/>

            <RowDefinition Height="569*"/>

        </Grid.RowDefinitions>

        <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

            <ColumnDefinition Width="258*"/>

            <ColumnDefinition Width="551*"/>

            <ColumnDefinition Width="557*"/>

        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

        <TextBlock Text="Spell checker app" FontSize="20" FontWeight="ExtraBold" FontFamily="Arial" TextAlignment="Left" Foreground="White" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" ></TextBlock>

        <TextBox x:Name="textbox1" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="2" Width="341" Height="82" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" IsSpellCheckEnabled="True" AcceptsReturn="True" TextWrapping="Wrap" ></TextBox>

    </Grid>

</Page>

Step 3

Now run your application and see the output.