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.
HTMLElement.isContentEditable
Value
A boolean value.
Examples
HTML
<p id="myText1">Uneditable Paragraph</p> <p id="myText2" contentEditable="true">Editable Paragraph</p> <p id="infoText1">Can edit the first paragraph? </p> <p id="infoText2">Can edit the second paragraph? </p>
JavaScript
document.getElementById('infoText1').innerHTML += document.getElementById('myText1').isContentEditable; document.getElementById('infoText2').innerHTML += document.getElementById('myText2').isContentEditable;
Result
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # dom-iscontenteditable-dev |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
isContentEditable |
1
|
12
|
4
|
5.5
|
≤12.1
|
3
|
4.4
|
18
|
4
|
≤12.1
|
1
|
1.0
|
See also
HTMLElement/contentEditable- The
contenteditableglobal attribute.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/isContentEditable
