HTMLElement: contentEditable property

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The contentEditable property of the {{domxref("HTMLElement")}} interface specifies whether or not the element is editable.

This enumerated attribute can have the following values:

• "true" indicates that the element is contenteditable.
• "false" indicates that the element cannot be edited.
• "plaintext-only" indicates that the element's raw text is editable, but rich text formatting is disabled.

You can use the {{domxref("HTMLElement.isContentEditable")}} property to test the computed boolean value of this property.

If the attribute is missing or its value is invalid, its value is inherited from its parent element: so the element is editable (or not) based on the parent element.

Value

A string.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("HTMLElement.isContentEditable")}}
• The contenteditable global attribute.