November 18, 2014 in Learn
The HTML5 Contenteditable Attribute
Did you know that we’re able to create client-side, in-browser content editing using basic HTML elements? We could then save that edited content to the browser’s local storage. The key to making this happen is with the HTML5 contenteditable attribute. To see how contenteditable works,…
November 1, 2013 in Learn
Native Rich-Text Editing with the contenteditable Attribute
One of the lesser-known HTML attributes is contenteditable. This attribute allows you to turn a standard read-only HTML element into an interactive, rich-text editor. When Tim Berners-Lee built the first web browser in 1990, he created modes for both browsing…