HTML DOM isContentEditableProperty
Element ObjectExample
Check whether the <p> element is editable:
var x = document.getElementById("myP").isContentEditable;
xThe output result is:
true
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Definition and Usage
The isContentEditable property returns whether the content of an element is editable.
This property is read-only.
Tip:To modify the editable state of an element, use thecontentEditableproperty.
Browser Support
The numbers in the table indicate the first browser version that supports this property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| isContentEditable | 11.0 | 5.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 10.6 |
Syntax
HTMLElementObject.isContentEditable
Technical Details
| Return Value: | Boolean value, returns true if the element content is editable, otherwise returns false. |
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Related Pages
HTML reference: HTML contenteditable Attribute
Other Extensions