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 part of the Global Attributes, 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 |