SMRTR ProgrammingMar 20, 2025Daily.dev

The contenteditable="plaintext-only" attribute/value combination is now widely available

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The contenteditable="plaintext-only" attribute combination for HTML elements is now widely supported. This feature allows for dynamic resizing of text input areas without using <textarea> elements. It offers advantages like automatic resizing and compatibility with the CSS Custom Highlight API for text styling. Developers can use this attribute on generic elements like <div> to create more flexible and customizable plaintext input fields compared to traditional <textarea> elements.

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