HTMLElement.isContentEditable

The HTMLElement.isContentEditable read-only property returns a Boolean that is true if the contents of the element are editable; otherwise it returns false.

Syntax

editable = element.isContentEditable

Example

JavaScript

document.getElementById("infoText1").innerHTML += document.getElementById("myText1").isContentEditable;
document.getElementById("infoText2").innerHTML += document.getElementById("myText2").isContentEditable;

HTML

<p id="myText1">Uneditable Paragraph</p>
<p id="myText2" contentEditable="true">Editable Paragraph</p>

<p id="infoText1">Can edit the first paragraph? </p>
<p id="infoText2">Can edit the second paragraph? </p>

Result

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLElement.contenteditable' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change from latest snapshot, HTML5.1
HTML5.1 The definition of 'HTMLElement.contenteditable' in that specification.	Recommendation	Snapshot of WHATWG HTML Living Standard, no change from HTML5
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLElement.contenteditable' in that specification.	Recommendation	Snapshot of WHATWG HTML Living Standard, initial definition.

Browser compatibility

See also

• element.contentEditable
• The contenteditable global attribute.