diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 80aee55..59efaf1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <groupId>gwtexpui</groupId>
   <artifactId>gwtexpui</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.2.1</version>
+  <version>1.2.2</version>
   <name>gwtexpui</name>
   <description>Extended UI tools for GWT</description>
   <url>http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=tools/gwtexpui.git</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/globalkey/client/KeyCommandSet.java b/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/globalkey/client/KeyCommandSet.java
index b2a0f93..05d0104 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/globalkey/client/KeyCommandSet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/globalkey/client/KeyCommandSet.java
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
   public void onKeyPress(final KeyPressEvent event) {
     final KeyCommand k = map.get(toMask(event));
     if (k != null) {
+      event.preventDefault();
       event.stopPropagation();
       k.onKeyPress(event);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/globalkey/client/NpTextArea.java b/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/globalkey/client/NpTextArea.java
index 0ee49c8..c06d2c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/globalkey/client/NpTextArea.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/gwtexpui/globalkey/client/NpTextArea.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package com.google.gwtexpui.globalkey.client;
 
 import com.google.gwt.dom.client.Element;
+import com.google.gwt.user.client.DOM;
 import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.TextArea;
 
 public class NpTextArea extends TextArea {
@@ -26,4 +27,8 @@
     super(element);
     addKeyPressHandler(GlobalKey.STOP_PROPAGATION);
   }
+
+  public void setSpellCheck(boolean spell) {
+    DOM.setElementPropertyBoolean(getElement(), "spellcheck", spell);
+  }
 }