How to make an HTML <div> element editable cross-browser?

Question

Do you know how to make a <div> editable with JavaScript? I'm looking for cross-browser solution.

Something similar to a rich text area, but that uses an editable <iframe>. I need something similar for a <div>.
I don't want to use a replacement textbox.

Solution 1

I found out how.

You use the contentEditable property of the DOMElement, like so

<div onClick="this.contentEditable='true';">
    lorem ipsum dolor lorem ipsum dolorlorem ipsum dolor
</div>

Solution 2

You can do this in pure HTML

<div class="editable" contenteditable="true">
    Editable text...
</div>

Hope this helps!

Solution 3

Set contentEditable property of the element to "true":

element.contentEditable = "true";

See also:

• Content Editable MDN docs
• Browser support on caniuse.com