HTML5: Document Editing
23mIntermediate2012-01-16
Authors
Bill Weinman
Tech Advocate, Entrepreneur, Programming Expert
Course details
This course describes how to create editable content on the web using the document-editing application programming interface (API) in HTML5. Author Bill Weinman explains the document-editing process, detecting support for the document-editing API, using the contentEditable and designMode attributes, and editing a full document. The course also explores some of the limitations of the feature and shows how to make document-editing pages work across different browsers.
Skills covered
HTMLFront-End Web DevelopmentWeb DevelopmentOpen SourceDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
Introduction
- Welcome
- Using the exercise files
Overview
- How document editing works
- An example application
The Details
- Detecting support
- Enabling editing with the contentEditable attribute
- Enabling full-document editing
Conclusion
- Goodbye