Hide the red squiggle from the Google Search spell checker.
| /* | |
| The Google Search page has its own spellchecker, which applies to any text you | |
| enter into the search box. Like all spellcheckers, it's a useless pile of shit. | |
| I haven't found any way to turn it off, or even much confirmation of its | |
| existence. | |
| The page loads a script that sends the content of the search box to Google's | |
| servers whenever you type something into it. This enables Google to perform | |
| autocompletion and spellchecking. If Google thinks you've misspelled something, | |
| the script will insert a span element with the CSS class "gsc_b" into the input | |
| box. | |
| This span has a CSS background-image, which is a Base64-encoded GIF of a red | |
| squiggle. The red squiggle only appears when the input box is focused and the | |
| user has typed something. Clicking away causes it to disappear. | |
| Presumably, the "gsc" in "gsc_b" stands for "Google spell check" or something | |
| like that. The red squiggle can be hidden by overriding the CSS style so it | |
| is not displayed by the browser. | |
| */ | |
| span.gsc_b { | |
| display: none; | |
| } |
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