Thank you for reporting this issue and for providing a detailed video — it’s very helpful.
To clarify, when you open a new document and set the spell-checker language (e.g., to “UK English”), does the language still switch back even if you manually change your keyboard/input layout to match the spell-checker language? It seems that the document may be picking up the system keyboard layout rather than the last-used spell-checker language.
This information will help us understand whether the behavior is related to the spell-checker itself or the input method.
If you have any additional steps or observations, please share them. We appreciate your patience
Yes, exactly that. I am changing the input language (as in the video) manually and as soon as I type a word, it automatically switches back to the language that was set in the previously opened document.
Note, the spell checker is jumping back to German (the spell checker in the previously opened document), although I am setting it to UK English in the current document.
Thanks for the detailed information and for confirming it’s tied to the keyboard layout switching back to the previous document’s language. We’re investigating this alongside a related issue reported here: Presentation Editor Spell Checker Language Auto-Revert.
@Nikolas - just to make that clear, what I am changing is the “Set text language”, not the keyboard layout (as per the video). And this is what jumps back to the language that was set in the previous document upon timing something in the new document.
Would you mind performing a simple test? Just like in the video, start typing a text with any spellcheck language, but then select it with paragraph sign (you can enable non-printing characters with CTRL+SHIFT+8), change the language and start a new line. Does the language change that way?
I wrote a few words, used CTRL+A (which includes the paragrah symbol) to highlight the text, then changed the language (‘Set text langauge’). The cursor in the document is at the end fo the highlighted area. As soon as I type the next letter, the language changes back to the previous language.
Thanks for information
We’re still digging into this with the team. As soon as we have an update from our side or need more info from you, I’ll jump back in here. Appreciate your patience and all the detailed testing!
I have the same issue
My Os is Arch Linux (endeavouros with kde plasma and Wayland) and I installed OnlyOffice from AUR.
The OS is in English but my documents are in French and when I try to change it in Spanish it automatically returns to French
PD : I have the same issue with my laptop from the company running in Canadian French (the OS is Ubuntu and downloaded OnlyOffice from the .deb file)
Just an additional suggestion, it would be great to be able to “impose” the language to the whole document with just one click, let me illustrate :
I’m currently preparing a presentation and a have some text boxes in French and other in English because of a bug from OnlyOffice.
Therefore, it was painful to check each text box and change the language when necessary
Final suggestion, it possible to model the different languages as orient-object supporting inheritance? For instance having international French → Canadian French inherits from it and you add/overwrite the specificity and allows you to use the spell checker ?
Thank you very much for your continued interest in ONLYOFFICE and for all the detailed testing and suggestions!
Your ideas are interesting, but to make them easier to discuss, track, and allow other users to vote on them, could you please create separate topics for each suggestion?
Specifically:
The ability to impose a language on the whole document with one click (instead of changing each text box individually).
The idea of modeling languages with inheritance (e.g., International French → Canadian French inheriting and adding/overwriting specifics for the spell checker).
This way, each request can be discussed and upvoted independently.
Once you create the new topics, feel free to share the links here — we’ll definitely take a look and consider them.
