10 Best In-Place Editing Plugins In JavaScript

You know in-place editing? The cool idea is that you can edit the text inside a text field instead of opening a new page to use a separate editor. 

What is In-place editing?

In-place editing (also called inline editing) is a user interface design pattern that allows users to edit content directlyon the page they are viewing.

Imagine you are writing a quick message on Facebook. But before posting it, you want to add something new. If the website supports in-place editing, then you can simply click the text and start typing.

The Best In-place Editing Plugin

In-place editing means inserting, deleting, or creating an element on the webpage without going to another page to edit.

The in-place editing plugin allows you to add a visual inline editor in your content area.

This article is a roundup of  the10 best and top-downloaded JavaScript and jQuery In-Place Editing (inline editor) plugins you can use in your next design project. Let's get started.

Table of contents:

• jQuery In-Place Editing Plugins
• Vanilla JS In-Place Editing Plugins

Best jQuery In-Place Editing Plugins

Inline Editing With Input, Select And Textarea - jqInlineEdit

A small yet robust inline editing plugin for jQuery that makes an element act as an input field, select box or textarea when a specific event is triggered.

[Demo] [Download]

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AJAX-enabled Edit In Place Plugin With jQuery - jeditable

A customizable edit in place plugin that turns any element into an Ajax-enabled, input- or textarea-based in-place editor for in-place editing of any data within the document.

[Demo] [Download]

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In-place DOM Editing With jQuery - domEdit

A tiny, fast, and easy-to-use In-place/inline editing jQuery plugin that behaviors like the HTML5 contenteditable attribute and works any DOM elements like DIV, Paragraph, Table, etc.

[Demo] [Download]

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Edit Any Element In Place - jQuery Editable

A simple, touch-friendly inline editing jQuery plugin which converts any valid html elements into an editable area (based on textarea) when double clicking/tapping on it.

[Demo] [Download]

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In-place Editing Javascript Library - X-editable

A javascript library inspired by bootstrap-editable plugin that invokes in-place editing feature to any element of your page. It works with bootstrap, jquery-ui, jquery only and includes both popup and inline modes.

[Demo] [Download]

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Inplace/Inline Editor With Save/Cancel Buttons - jQuery inplace.js

A lightweight and easy-to-use jQuery inline editing plugin that allows visitors to edit the content of any DIV and then send the resulting change to a specific URL via AJAX.

[Demo] [Download]

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Ajax-enabled In-place Editor For jQuery - doomEdit

Just another jQuery inline editing plugin which allows to edit and update content of an HTML element (text, table cell, editable container, etc) in its place. Click on the html element to start editing and the changed data will be saved/submitted to the server via AJAX requests (OPTIONAL).

[Demo] [Download]

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Best Vanilla JS In-Place Editing Plugins

Medium Style Inline Rich Text Editor – Medium Editor

A standalone javascript library for creating a floating text editor bar that shows up when you select a piece of text of your page. Inspired by the awesomeness of Medium.com.

[Demo] [Download]

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Minimal Inline Editor For HTML Table – HTMLInlineEdit

A lightweight native JavaScript library that provides a basic HTML5 inline editing functionality on table cells.

[Demo] [Download]

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In-place Editing With Bootstrap 5 And Pure JavaScript – dark-editable

A rewritten version of the x-editable jQuery plugin that enables dynamic in-place editing in your web app.

[Demo] [Download]

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Conclusion:

In this article, I have shown you a list of the ten best In-place Editing (inline editor) plugins for JavaScript. Each solution is unique in some way, and is well worth a look if you need a plugin for building or improving your site or app's in-line editing system.

Maybe we'll be able to add more plugins to this list in the future! Sharing knowledge and promoting open-source projects is our mission, so stay tuned for more collections like this one.

More Resources:

Looking for more jQuery plugins or JavaScript libraries to create in-place editors on the page? See jQuery In-place Editing and JavaScript Inline Editing sections for more details.

See Also:

• 10 Best WYSIWYG Editors For Easier Content Editing
• 10 Best WYSIWYG Markdown Editors For Faster Writing
• 7 Best WYSIWYG Rich Text Editors For Vue.js