--- title: "How to: Use Spell Checking with a Context Menu" ms.date: "03/30/2017" dev_langs: - "csharp" - "vb" helpviewer_keywords: - "enabling spell checking in a text box [WPF]" - "reenabling spell checking in a text box [WPF]" - "spell checking with a context menu [WPF]" ms.assetid: 61f69a20-2ff3-4056-9060-e32f4483ec5e --- # How to: Use Spell Checking with a Context Menu By default, when you enable spell checking in an editing control like or , you get spell-checking choices in the context menu. For example, when users right-click a misspelled word, they get a set of spelling suggestions or the option to **Ignore All**. However, when you override the default context menu with your own custom context menu, this functionality is lost, and you need to write code to reenable the spell-checking feature in the context menu. The following example shows how to enable this on a . ## Example The following example shows the [!INCLUDE[TLA#tla_xaml](../../../includes/tlasharptla-xaml-md.md)] that creates a with some events that are used to implement the context menu. [!code-xaml[TextBoxMiscSnippets_snip#SpellerCustomContextMenuExampleWholePage](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/TextBoxMiscSnippets_snip/csharp/speller_custom_context_menu.xaml#spellercustomcontextmenuexamplewholepage)] ## Example The following example shows the code that implements the context menu. [!code-csharp[TextBoxMiscSnippets_snip#SpellerCustomContextMenuCodeExampleWholePage](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/TextBoxMiscSnippets_snip/csharp/speller_custom_context_menu.xaml.cs#spellercustomcontextmenucodeexamplewholepage)] [!code-vb[TextBoxMiscSnippets_snip#SpellerCustomContextMenuCodeExampleWholePage](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/TextBoxMiscSnippets_snip/visualbasic/speller_custom_context_menu.xaml.vb#spellercustomcontextmenucodeexamplewholepage)] The code used for doing this with a is similar. The main difference is in the parameter passed to the `GetSpellingError` method. For a , pass the integer index of the caret position: `spellingError = myTextBox.GetSpellingError(caretIndex);` For a , pass the that specifies the caret position: `spellingError = myRichTextBox.GetSpellingError(myRichTextBox.CaretPosition);` ## See also - [TextBox Overview](textbox-overview.md) - [RichTextBox Overview](richtextbox-overview.md) - [Enable Spell Checking in a Text Editing Control](how-to-enable-spell-checking-in-a-text-editing-control.md) - [Use a Custom Context Menu with a TextBox](how-to-use-a-custom-context-menu-with-a-textbox.md)