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title: HTMLElement.contentEditable
slug: Web/API/HTMLElement/contentEditable
translation_of: Web/API/HTMLElement/contentEditable
---
<div>
<div>{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}}</div>
</div>

<p>A propriedade <strong><code>HTMLElement.contentEditable </code></strong>é usada para indicar se o elemento é editável ou não. Esse atributo enumerado pode ter os seguintes valores:</p>

<ul>
 <li><code>"true"</code> Indica que o elemento é editável;</li>
 <li><code>"false"</code> Indica que o elemento não pode ser editável;</li>
 <li><code>"inherit"</code> Indica que o elemento herda o status editável de seu pai.</li>
</ul>

<p>Você pode usar a propriedade {{domxref( "HTMLElement.isContentEditable")}} para testar o valor calculado {{domxref ("Boolean")}} desta propriedade.</p>

<h2 id="Sintaxe">Sintaxe</h2>

<pre class="syntaxbox"><em>editable</em> = element.contentEditable element.contentEditable= "true"
</pre>

<h2 id="Especificação">Especificação</h2>

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 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Especificação</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comentário</th>
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 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML WHATWG', 'interaction.html#contenteditable', 'contenteditable')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td>Initial definition</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Compatibilidade_Browsers">Compatibilidade Browsers</h2>

<div>{{CompatibilityTable}}</div>

<div id="compat-desktop">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>11</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoDesktop(1.9)}}</td>
   <td>6<sup>[1]</sup></td>
   <td>10.6</td>
   <td>3.2</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
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<div id="compat-mobile">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>IE Mobile</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>3</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoMobile(1.9)}}</td>
   <td>6<sup>[1]</sup></td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   <td>5</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<p>[1] Internet Explorer has a bunch of bugs regarding the implementation of this feature. IE10 crashes in some cases when editing lists (<a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/details/796187/internet-explorer-10-crash-with-contenteditable-list">bug 796187</a>). IE11+ uses invalid positioning for caret when an element is floated (<a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedback/details/858749">bug 858749</a>). In IE9-10 the window freezes when using mousewheel while dragging (<a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedbackdetail/view/809254">bug 809254</a>). IE10-11 does not fire the <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Events/input"><code>input</code></a> event (<a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedbackdetail/view/794285">bug 794285</a>). IE10 crashes after selecting "Cut" from the context menu (<a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedbackdetail/view/801770">bug 801770</a>). IE11+ does not allow placing the caret in an empty table cell (<a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedbackdetail/view/807199">bug 807199</a>). IE10 does not fire <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Events/contextmenu"><code>contextmenu</code></a> event when right-clicking on misspelled words (<a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedbackdetail/view/774350">bug 774350</a>). IE11 appends {{HTMLElement("br")}} elements to {{HTMLElement("body")}} when showing/hiding an {{HTMLElement("iframe")}} with contenteditable document inside (<a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedbackdetail/view/864804">bug 864804</a>). IE11 does not allow disabling resize handles for images/inputs (<a href="https://connect.microsoft.com/IE/feedbackdetail/view/907422">bug 907422</a>).</p>

<h2 id="Veja_também">Veja também</h2>

<ul>
 <li>{{domxref("HTMLElement.isContentEditable")}}</li>
 <li>The <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes/contenteditable">contenteditable</a> global attribute.</li>
 <li><a href="https://medium.com/medium-eng/why-contenteditable-is-terrible-122d8a40e480">Why ContentEditable is Terrible, Or: How the Medium Editor Works</a></li>
</ul>