contenteditable attribute (basic support)

Method of making any HTML element editable.

Spec	https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/interaction.html#contenteditable
Status	WHATWG Living Standard

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			103
		100	102
		99	101	TP
11	99	98	100	15.4	83
10	98	97	99	15.2-15.3	82
9	97	96	98	15.1	81
8	96	95	97	15	80
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7	95	94	96	14.1	79
6	94	93	95	14	78
5.5	93	92	94	13.1	77
	92	91	93	13	76
	91	90	92	12.1	75
	90	89	91	12	74
	89	88	90	11.1	73
	88	87	89	11	72
	87	86	88	10.1	71
	86	85	87	10	70
	85	84	86	9.1	69
	84	83	85	9	68
	83	82	84	8	67
	81	81	83	7.1	66
	80	80	81	7	65
	79	79	80	6.1	64
	18	78	79	6	63
	17	77	78	5.1	62
	16	76	77	5	60
	15	75	76	4	58
	14	74	75	3.2	57
	13	73	74	3.1	56
	12	72	73		55
		71	72		54
		70	71		53
		69	70		52
		68	69		51
		67	68		50
		66	67		49
		65	66		48
		64	65		47
		63	64		46
		62	63		45
		61	62		44
		60	61		43
		59	60		42
		58	59		41
		57	58		40
		56	57		39
		55	56		38
		54	55		37
		53	54		36
		52	53		35
		51	52		34
		50	51		33
		49	50		32
		48	49		31
		47	48		30
		46	47		29
		45	46		28
		44	45		27
		43	44		26
		42	43		25
		41	42		24
		40	41		23
		39	40		22
		38	39		21
		37	38		20
		36	37		19
		35	36		18
		34	35		17
		33	34		16
		32	33		15
		31	32		12.1
		30	31		12
		29	30		11.6
		28	29		11.5
		27	28		11.1
		26	27		11
		25	26		10.6
		24	25		10.5
		23	24		10.0-10.1
		22	23		9.5-9.6
		21	22		9
		20	21
		19	20
		18	19
		17	18
		16	17
		15	16
		14	15
		13	14
		12	13
		11	12
		10	11
		9	10
		8	9
		7	8
		6	7
		5	6
		4	5
		3.6	4
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15.4	all	99	10	64	100	98	11	12.12	16.0	10.4	7.12	2.5
15.2-15.3		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		15.0
15.0-15.1		4.4		12					14.0
14.5-14.8		4.2-4.3		11.5					13.0
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14.0-14.4		4.1		11.1					12.0
13.4-13.7		4		11					11.1-11.2
13.3		3		10					10.1
13.2		2.3							9.2
13.0-13.1		2.2							8.2
12.2-12.5		2.1							7.2-7.4
12.0-12.1									6.2-6.4
11.3-11.4									5.0-5.4
11.0-11.2									4
10.3
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

This support only refers to very basic editing capability, implementations vary significantly on how certain elements can be edited.

Bugs

• In Firefox when clicking on contenteditable nested into draggable, cursor is always positioned to the start of editable text. Still not fixed in version 18.0.1.

• In Internet Explorer contenteditable cannot be applied to the TABLE, COL, COLGROUP, TBODY, TD, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, and TR elements directly, a content editable SPAN, or DIV element can be placed inside the individual table cells (See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/ms533690(v=vs.85).aspx).

Resources

• WHATWG blog post
• Blog post on usage problems
• WebPlatform Docs
• MDN Web Docs - contentEditable attribute