<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <textarea spellcheck="true" style="padding:2px;">blahblahblah</textarea> <script type="text/javascript"> var box = document.getElementsByTagName("textarea")[0]; box.focus(); //Bring the textbox into focus, triggering a spellcheck box.blur(); //Blur in order to make things similar to other tests otherwise </script> </body> </html>