Notes on Day 16 of 30 Days of JavaScript

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• Lessons Learned
  • HTMLElement.contenteditable
• References

Lessons Learned

HTMLElement.contenteditable

The contentEditable attribute specifies if the element is editable or not. Its default value is 'true' and can also be 'false' and 'inherit'.

<h1 contenteditable>This is the title</h1>

This does not affect input and textarea elements regardless if set to false. You can still enter text to them. Only the disabled attribute would prevent entering data.

In terms of inheritance, it will only take effect if the 'inherit' value is explicitly set to a children.

<div contenteditable="false">
  <p>This paragraph is not editable</p>
  <p contenteditable="inherit">This paragraph is not editable</p>
  <p contenteditable="true">This paragraph is editable</p>
</div>

References

• “CSS Text Shadow Mouse Move Effect” wesbos.com, uploaded by Wes Bos, 8 Dec. 2016, <javascript30.com>.
• “HTMLElement.contentEditable - Web APIs | MDN.” MDN Web Docs, Mozilla Developer Network, 15 Sep. 2021, <developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/contentEditable>.

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