Popclip most of the time doesn't open with Spelling suggestions anymore

halloleo · January 5, 2026, 5:42am

Hi @nick, I have noticed a strange change in the last couple of weeks/months with Popclip:

When I open PopClip on a misspelled word (either by mouse-selecting the word or by my keyboard shortcut for the already selected word), PopClip opens most of the time with its action bar:

despite the fact that it has spelling correcting up its sleeves:

In the past (i’m pretty sure) Popclip opened, in the case it had spelling suggestions, with these visible straight away without the need to click the down arrow first. – This is a lot more convenient.

What can I do to get the old behaviour back?

nick · January 5, 2026, 2:06pm

Hi, thanks for reporting this. The behaviour you are seeing is some kind of glitch or bug because nothing has been changed on purpose. It is supposed to go immediately to the spelling suggestions. I have to scratch my head and think for a bit as to why this may be happening.

Have you noticed any patterns when this happens? For example, does it happen in a particular app and work OK in other apps, or is it universally not working everywhere?

halloleo · January 6, 2026, 1:51am

Haven’t really noticed a pattern, but it does not happen in all situations (though in most).

Any way for me to switch on some debugging which might help you?

halloleo · January 6, 2026, 1:05pm

Can I have PopClip not drectly in /Applications? I have it in /Applications/Optional/. Might that casue it? (But I had it always there…)

nick · January 6, 2026, 4:38pm

I don’t think its presence in Applications would affect the spelling feature, and yes, it’s fine to be in a subfolder of Applications.

nick · January 6, 2026, 4:39pm

See if you can notice any reliably re-creatable situation.
Can you tell me what settings you have for spelling - what language or languages is it set to?

halloleo · January 7, 2026, 12:38am

Mmmh, it happens in many applications. I have just tried:

Apple apps

TextEdit
Dictionary (Search field)
Safari browser (Address/search field)

3rd Party apps

Vivaldi browser (Address/search field)
Vivaldi browser with this website (when creating a comment)
Devonthink
iA Writer
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At the moment I cannot create a situation where PopClip goes straight away to the suggestions as I would hope it does.

Sure. Here the Settings checkbox:

And here the “Spelling” (sub-)settings:

Hope this helps.