---
title: "How to: Enable Spell Checking in a Text Editing Control"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
dev_langs: 
  - "csharp"
  - "vb"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "spellchecking [WPF]"
  - "real-time spellchecking"
  - "TextBox control [WPF], real-time spellchecking"
  - "spelling checker [WPF]"
  - "checking spelling [WPF]"
ms.assetid: 6f953d2b-67e8-4012-84ce-53c0e958da47
---
# How to: Enable Spell Checking in a Text Editing Control
The following example shows how to enable real-time spell checking in a <xref:System.Windows.Controls.TextBox> by using the <xref:System.Windows.Controls.SpellCheck.IsEnabled%2A> property of the <xref:System.Windows.Controls.SpellCheck> class.  
  
## Example  
 [!code-xaml[TextBoxMiscSnippets_snip#SpellCheckExampleWholePage](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/TextBoxMiscSnippets_snip/csharp/spellcheckexample.xaml#spellcheckexamplewholepage)]  
  
 [!code-csharp[TextBoxMiscSnippets_procedural_snip#SpellCheckCodeExampleWholePage](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/TextBoxMiscSnippets_procedural_snip/CSharp/SpellCheckExample.cs#spellcheckcodeexamplewholepage)]
 [!code-vb[TextBoxMiscSnippets_procedural_snip#SpellCheckCodeExampleWholePage](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/TextBoxMiscSnippets_procedural_snip/visualbasic/spellcheckexample.vb#spellcheckcodeexamplewholepage)]  
  
## See also

- [Use Spell Checking with a Context Menu](how-to-use-spell-checking-with-a-context-menu.md)
- [TextBox Overview](textbox-overview.md)
- [RichTextBox Overview](richtextbox-overview.md)