How to Remove Resize handles and border of div with contentEditable and size style

Asked 21/7, 2011 at 6:53 Answered 5/7, 2021 at 18:27

javascript html css internet-explorer contenteditable

The problem I'm having is with the contentEditable attribute in IE. The problem is that I'm getting resize handles, and a thick border around elements when they're in focus. The styles for with, height and display are needed. Any idea of how to remove them? CSS or Javascript

A simple example:

<html>
<head>
</head>

<body>

<div contentEditable="true" style="width: 50%; height: 50%; display: table" >
<div contentEditable="true" style="width: 50%; height: 50%; display: table-cell">
<p>aaa</p>
</div>
</div>

</body>
</html>

Ballistic answered 21/7, 2011 at 6:53 Comment(3)

Duplicate of #1927025 ? – Sugared 21/7, 2011 at 7:20

The with and height style are needed, so it is not the same with the above question. Besides, only disable resize handle is not accepted – Ballistic 21/7, 2011 at 8:12

Possible duplicate of How to disable elements selection and resizing in contenteditable div? – Sivan 19/9, 2017 at 18:2

Do You need contentEditable="true" defined twice ? If You delete the first one, the resize handles go away, although the functionality remains.

http://jsfiddle.net/2uphD/1/

Sugared answered 21/7, 2011 at 7:17 Comment(0)

We can wrap the outer div with contenteditable value as false to take away the resize handles. Below the the updated jsfiddle

<div>
<div contentEditable="false" style="width:50%; height:50%; display:table" >
    <div contentEditable="true" style="width:50%; height:50%; display:table-cell" >  
        <p>div1</p> 
    </div>  
</div>

<div contentEditable="false" style="width:50%; height:50%; display:table" >
    <div contentEditable="true" style="width:50%; height:50%; display:table-cell" >  
        <p>div2</p> 
    </div>  
</div>

Kra answered 15/2, 2016 at 9:15 Comment(0)

You just should use resize: none for disable handlers:

<div 
  contenteditable
  style="max-height:200px;resize: none">
</div>

And this style to disable border on focus:

<style>
[contenteditable]:focus {
    outline: 0px solid transparent;
}
</style>

Johnstone answered 5/7, 2021 at 18:27 Comment(0)

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