From c2d5ecfb5df95c3069842b823f63ba2197ae96e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shantur Rathore <i@shantur.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2025 23:26:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Gate mac spell checker and log status

---
 electron/main/main.ts | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/electron/main/main.ts b/electron/main/main.ts
index 747238e8..9818e8d2 100644
--- a/electron/main/main.ts
+++ b/electron/main/main.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
-import { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain, nativeTheme } from "electron"
+import { app, BrowserWindow, dialog, ipcMain, nativeTheme, session } from "electron"
 import { join } from "path"
 import { createApplicationMenu } from "./menu"
 import { setupInstanceIPC } from "./ipc"
 import { setupStorageIPC } from "./storage"
 
-app.commandLine.appendSwitch("disable-spell-checking")
+const isMac = process.platform === "darwin"
+
+if (isMac) {
+  app.commandLine.appendSwitch("disable-spell-checking")
+}
 
 // Setup IPC handlers before creating windows
 setupStorageIPC()
@@ -25,12 +29,14 @@ function createWindow() {
       preload: join(__dirname, "../preload/index.js"),
       contextIsolation: true,
       nodeIntegration: false,
-      spellcheck: false,
+      spellcheck: !isMac,
     },
   })
 
-  // Disable macOS spell server to avoid input lag
-  mainWindow.webContents.session.setSpellCheckerEnabled(false)
+  if (isMac) {
+    // Disable macOS spell server to avoid input lag
+    mainWindow.webContents.session.setSpellCheckerEnabled(false)
+  }
 
   if (process.env.NODE_ENV === "development") {
     mainWindow.loadURL("http://localhost:3000")
@@ -47,7 +53,22 @@ function createWindow() {
   })
 }
 
+if (isMac) {
+  app.on("web-contents-created", (_, contents) => {
+    contents.session.setSpellCheckerEnabled(false)
+  })
+}
+
 app.whenReady().then(() => {
+  if (isMac) {
+    session.defaultSession.setSpellCheckerEnabled(false)
+    app.on("browser-window-created", (_, window) => {
+      window.webContents.session.setSpellCheckerEnabled(false)
+    })
+  }
+
+  console.log("[spellcheck] default session enabled:", session.defaultSession.isSpellCheckerEnabled())
+
   createWindow()
 
   app.on("activate", () => {