Summary

contentEditable is used to indicate whether or not the element is editable. This enumerated attribute can have the following values:

• true, or the empty string, indicates that the element is editable.
• false indicates that the element cannot be edited.
• inherit indicates that the element inherits its parent's editable status.

Syntax

editable = element.contentEditable
element.contentEditable = "true"

Notes

You can use the element.isContentEditable property to test the computed Boolean value of this property.

Browser compatibility

Specification

• HTML5 contenteditable attribute