files/en-us/web/api/htmlelement/iscontenteditable/index.md
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The HTMLElement.isContentEditable read-only property
returns a boolean value that is true if the contents of the element
are editable; otherwise it returns false.
A boolean value.
<p id="firstParagraph">Uneditable Paragraph</p>
<p id="secondParagraph" contenteditable="true">Editable Paragraph</p>
<p id="infoText1">Is the first paragraph editable?</p>
<p id="infoText2">Is the second paragraph editable?</p>
const firstParagraph = document.getElementById("firstParagraph");
const secondParagraph = document.getElementById("secondParagraph");
const infoText1 = document.getElementById("infoText1");
const infoText2 = document.getElementById("infoText2");
infoText1.textContent += ` ${firstParagraph.isContentEditable}`;
infoText2.textContent += ` ${secondParagraph.isContentEditable}`;
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contenteditable global attribute.