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Paragraph Spell Focus limits spellcheck to your active paragraph
Keep native spelling available in your active paragraph and suppress it on other visible lines.
MIT · no telemetry · core features free
- version
- 1.2.0
- downloads
- 17
- review
- Passed
- health
- Excellent
- license
- MIT
- listed for
- Desktop only
- obsidian
- 1.13.4 or later
Tested on desktop only.
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About Paragraph Spell Focus
You want spelling feedback near your cursor while you edit a draft.
Move your cursor into a paragraph to keep native spelling available there. Paragraph Spell Focus suppresses it on other visible editor lines. An optional background marks the active range.
Free features
Free paragraph focus
Blank lines mark paragraph boundaries. Use Toggle paragraph spelling focus to restore normal native spelling, or turn off the optional range background.
Paragraph focus and its background are free; section scope and saved folder rules need Pro.
Pro features
Pro costs $5 a month or $15 one time through GitHub Sponsors. One sponsorship turns on Pro in every plugin that has it.
Section focus Pro
Pro follows the nearest hash-mark heading above your cursor. The range ends before the next heading of the same or a higher level.
Saved folder rules Pro
Pro saves paragraph, section or off rules for folders. The most specific folder wins, and off restores normal native spelling.
Set up Paragraph Spell Focus
needs
- Obsidian 1.13.4 or later
steps
Turn on Spellcheck in the Obsidian editor settings.
Enable Paragraph Spell Focus.
Place one cursor inside a paragraph in an editor.
Use Toggle paragraph spelling focus to restore normal native spelling.
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Known limits of Paragraph Spell Focus
- Native spellcheck must be enabled. The plugin only suppresses spelling outside the active range.
- A focused editor with one selection defines the active range. Multiple selections or lost focus suppress spelling on visible lines.
- Blank lines define paragraphs. Adjacent list items can share a range.
- Section scope uses hash-mark headings. It falls back to paragraph scope above 2,000,000 characters.
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Questions about Paragraph Spell Focus
Does this add a spelling dictionary?
No. The plugin suppresses native spelling outside the active range. It does not supply a dictionary or force native spelling on.
What counts as a paragraph?
Blank lines separate the range. Adjacent list items without a blank line can share that range.
Can I keep my saved folder rules after sign-out?
Yes. The settings keep the rules, but the free policy ignores them. It uses paragraph scope while focus remains enabled.
What happens with multiple cursors?
The plugin has no active range when the editor lacks focus or has multiple selections. It suppresses native spelling on the visible lines in that state.
Network use
The plugin processes your notes locally. GitHub sign-in and sponsorship checks contact github.com and api.github.com with authentication data, without sending your note text or paths.
Questions or ideas?
Tell me what is broken in Paragraph Spell Focus, or what it should do next.
Paragraph Spell Focus 1.2.0, MIT license
MIT · no telemetry · core features free
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