HTML contenteditable Attribute

Definition and Usage

The contenteditable attribute specifies whether the content of an element is editable or not.

Note: When the contenteditable attribute is not set on an element, the element will inherit it from its parent.

Applies to

The contenteditable attribute is a Global Attribute, and can be used on any HTML element.

Element	Attribute
All HTML elements	contenteditable

Example

Example

An editable paragraph:

<p contenteditable="true">This is an editable paragraph.</p>

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the attribute.

Attribute
contenteditable	4.0	6.0	3.5	3.1	10.1