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HTMLElement: isContentEditable property

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.

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

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

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