HTML contenteditable Attribute
Definition and Usage
The
contenteditable attribute specifies whether the content
of an element is editable or not.
Note: When the
contenteditable attribute is not set on an
element, the element will inherit it from its parent.
Applies to
The
contenteditable attribute is a Global Attribute, and can be used on any HTML element.
| Element | Attribute |
|---|---|
| All HTML elements | contenteditable |
Example
Example
An editable paragraph:
<p contenteditable="true">This is an editable paragraph.</p>
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Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the attribute.
| Attribute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| contenteditable | 4.0 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 10.1 |
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