TIL how to turn anything into a editable text

POSTED ON: Dec 09, 2021

TAGS: html

So you'd use a input or textarea field to create a space for the end user to add new content.

Did you know you can also do with that almost any element?

<p contenteditable="true" spellcheck="true">
Hey now, you're an allstar!
</p>

You can even add a spellcheck feature on it!

See the Pen Untitled by rockykev (@rockykev) on CodePen.

Tagged: html

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