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
.
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HTMLElement: isContentEditable property
Value
A boolean value.
Examples
HTML
html
<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>
JavaScript
js
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;
Result
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Standard # dom-iscontenteditable-dev |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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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
contenteditable
global attribute.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/isContentEditable