contenteditable (attribute)

The contenteditable global attribute is an enumerated attribute indicating if the element should be editable by the user. If so, the browser modifies its widget to allow editing.

The attribute must take one of the following values:

• true or the empty string, which indicates that the element must be editable;
• false, which indicates that the element must not be editable.

If this attribute is not set, its default value is inherited from its parent element.

This attribute is an enumerated one and not a Boolean one. This means that the explicit usage of one of the values true, false or the empty string is mandatory and that a shorthand like <label contenteditable>Example Label</label> is not allowed. The correct usage is <label contenteditable="true">Example Label</label>.

You can set the color used to draw the text insertion caret with the CSS caret-color property.

Specifications

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

See also

• Making content editable
• All global attributes
• HTMLElement.contentEditable and HTMLElement.isContentEditable
• The CSS caret-color property