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

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>

JavaScript

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

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• HTMLElement/contentEditable
• The contenteditable global attribute.