designMode
Every once in a while I stumble upon an API or browser setting that I can't believe ever existed. Such examples can be seen in the numerous String.prototype
properties such as bold
, italics
, and even blink
, which wrap given string text in their representative HTML tags. Bizarre.
It was recently brought to my attention the document.designMode
API: an on|off
switch that acts almost like a contentEdible
attribute for the entire document. You can toggle designMode
by simply changing the setting:
document.designMode = "on";
With the designMode
setting on, you can edit page text, drag and drop assets, and generally cause chaos on the page. This is really nice for prototyping; I'd have loved to have known about this while doing client work.
While I see uses for this API, it does feel a bit bizarre. I'd have liked to have known the origins of this property and its use cases. Have ideas about how you'd use it? Share!
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Hi David,
thanks for the trigger!
We digged deeper and unveiled the origin: https://twitter.com/slicknet/status/1180862121371811840
That was fun :-D