Spellcheck

ZetoPad includes a spellchecker powered by Hunspell dictionaries.

Enabling Spellcheck

1. Open Settings > Editor
2. Enable “Spellcheck”
3. Select your language dictionary

Or toggle with Command Palette: “Toggle Spellcheck”

How It Works

• Misspelled words are underlined with a red squiggle
• Click a word for suggestions
• Or use the Spellcheck Panel to see all errors

Spellcheck Panel

Open the Spellcheck Panel to see all errors in the current snippet:

1. Click the spellcheck icon in the toolbar
2. Or use Command Palette: “Toggle Spellcheck Panel”

The panel shows:

• List of misspelled words
• Suggestions for each word
• Click a suggestion to replace

Dictionary Management

Downloading Dictionaries

1. Open Settings > Editor > Dictionaries
2. Click “Download” next to your language
3. Wait for download to complete

Available languages include:

• English (US, UK, AU)
• Spanish
• French
• German
• Portuguese
• Italian
• Dutch
• Russian
• And more…

Storage Location

Dictionaries are stored in:

~/Library/Application Support/zetopad/dictionaries/

Code-Aware Spellcheck

ZetoPad’s spellchecker is code-aware:

• Ignores code - Variable names, function calls, imports
• Checks comments - Spelling in comments is validated
• Checks strings - User-facing text in strings is checked
• Ignores URLs - Links and paths are skipped

Custom Dictionary

Add words to your personal dictionary:

1. Right-click a “misspelled” word
2. Select “Add to Dictionary”

The word won’t be flagged again.

Personal dictionary location:

~/Library/Application Support/zetopad/custom_dictionary.txt

Tips

For Developers

• Technical terms can be added to custom dictionary
• Code-heavy snippets can have spellcheck disabled per-snippet

For Writers

• Use Markdown snippets for documentation
• Spellcheck + Preview gives you a writing studio

Hunspell Compatibility

ZetoPad uses the Hunspell dictionary format (.dic + .aff files), the same format used by:

• LibreOffice
• Firefox
• Chrome
• macOS