WProofreader meets standards of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), in particular: Thus, all web application users, regardless of the limitations they might be facing, can access the main WProofreader features via a keyboard only, thus interacting with it can be more effective and easier. Below is an overview of the keyboard commands you can use to proofread your texts, navigate between the spelling and grammar suggestions, add words to a personal user dictionary, and customize WProofreader settings. As you type your text in a web app with integrated WProofreader, it tries to suggest grammar and spelling suggestions for you on-the-fly and shows the number of discovered issues in the badge in the lower-right part of the editor screen. If no spelling issues are found, the badge shows the tick sign inside. Number of issues found is displayed in badge Use the commands in the table below to navigate between the underlined issues found. The badge in the lower-right part of the editable area shows the number of errors on page and allows to access more options: To access more commands and WProofreader dialog in As You Type mode, navigate to the badge using Tab and then press Enter or Space. Badge menu. Settings button is highlighted Use the commands in table below to access more WProofreader options. Select the Turn the WProofreader off/ Settings / Proofread in dialog mode. Exit the menu. Use the commands in table below to proofread your text, namely, view and accept or reject the grammar and spelling suggestions, and add words to a personal dictionary. To accept or reject the corrections for discovered spelling or grammar errors, use the keyboard buttons described in table below. Navigate inside the Spelling and Grammar suggestions area. Right/Left arrow key Expand the full list of suggestions. Hide the list of suggestions. When a spelling issue is active, and you use Up or Down arrow keys, you can navigate to Dictionary and Ignore buttons and add a word to a personal dictionary or ignore the issue respectively. You can access and change WProofreader settings in the Settings dialog. WProofreader Settings dialog, Options tab is selected To change WProofreader options, use the commands in table below. Command Description Up/Down Move continuously across the Options dialog groups. Enter Open the menu group. To change the options of the selected group, use the commands in table below. Switch through the options. Space Select or deselect the desired option. Remember to focus on the option before selecting or deselecting it. Selecting an option To specify the currently used language for proofreading (spelling and grammar check): To customize personal user dictionaries features, navigate to Dictionaries settings area. Dictionaries tab options Here you can create a new dictionary or connect an already existing one, and also add or remove the words from the dictionaries. To create a new personal user dictionary or connect to the already existing one: To add a new word to a personal user dictionary: To edit the list of already existing words in a dictionary: To delete a word from the dictionary: To see the information about the version of WProofreader you are currently using, navigate to the About area of the Settings dialog.Proofreading your text while you type
Keyboard command Description Tab Move between the screen elements. The selected element is highlighted. Shift + Tab Return to the previous element. Accessing more features
Keyboard command Description Left/Right arrow key Move between the menu items. Enter Escape Proofreading in a dialog
Keyboard command Description Tab Move between the underlined words in the proofreading mode. The selected element is highlighted. Shift + Tab Return to previous underlined element. Keyboard command Description Up/Down arrow key Enter Accept the suggestion. Changing settings
Keyboard command Description Tab Selecting the desired language for proofreading
Working with personal user dictionaries
Viewing information about the current version of WProofreader