2 under used HTML attributes

Aug. 10, 2025 #css #html

1. user-select

user-select controls if and how a user can select text. It seems like it would be very cool for elements that you expect to be copy & pasted a lot. MDN docs.

Usage Example: <p style="user-select:all">

user-select: none

user-select: text

user-select: all

2. contenteditable

contenteditable makes an html element editable. With the right JavaScript, you could probably make some pretty cool "live editors". MDN docs

contenteditable="true" will retain all formatting for pasted elements.
contenteditable="plaintext-only" removes formatting from pasted elements.

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