Quickly Cycling Through and Fixing Spelling Errors in VS Code Markdown Files

22 August 2023
TL;DR

Had Code Spell Checker but no way to see every misspelling at once. CMD+SHIFT+M lists them in the Problems pane, CMD+period brings up the fix.

I wanted to cycle through and fix all spelling errors in a VS Code markdown file. I already had the spell-checking extension installed but couldn’t figure out how to see all the errors together and fix them quickly.

Here’s how -

  1. Open the markdown file in VS Code where you want to correct the errors.
  2. Install the Code Spell Checker Extension if you haven’t already.
  3. Press CMD + SHIFT + M to see all spelling errors together in the ‘Problems’ pane.
  4. Click on an error or highlight the word and press CMD + . to see quick fix suggestions.

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