Rich Text Editing - designMode vs contentEditable

Question

When creating a text editor with an advanced browser. What would you use and why?

Keep in mind that the insert must be robust to withstand multiple sources (notepad, word, other websites), and it should not be dependent on any Javascript libraries.

Answer 1

You probably want contentEditable. designMode is applied to the document, contentEditable for a particular element and its children.

http://blog.whatwg.org/the-road-to-html-5-contenteditable