Cross browser editable span

Question

Here is a simple example of editable span element.

Span element can be edited by clicking on lt - input appears.

<span>Hello</span>
<input type="text" style="display:none;" value=""/>
<style>
    span, input {    
        font-family: arial, sans-serif;
        font-size: 14px;
    }
    span {
        cursor: pointer;
    }
</style>
<script>
    $(function() {
        $("span").click(function() {
            $(this).hide();
            $("input").val($(this).text()).show();
        });
        $("input").keypress(function(e) {
            if (e.which == 13) {
                $(this).hide();
                $("span").text($(this).val()).show();
            }
        });
    });
</script>

I want the text in input to be in the exact position as the text in span.

So I'm adding the margins:

For Chrome:

input {
    margin-left: -2px;
    margin-top: -2px;
}

For IE 10 and Opera:

input {
    margin-left: -3px;
    margin-top: -2px;
}

For Firefox:

input {
    margin-left: -4px;
    margin-top: -2px;
}

Can I make a universal css which works in any browser without any special tricks?

Answer 1

The contenteditable attribute should work for you. It works all the way back to ie5.5.

<span contenteditable></span>

http://jsfiddle.net/CCJMe/