How to disable elements selection and resizing in contenteditable div?

Question

E.g. I have the following layout:

Answer 1

I had the same problem. It appears that from previous posts here there are certain behaviors that IE recognizes and will add this paragraph focus/resize. For me it was because I had a style for paragraphs within the contenteditible div.

Removing:

div[contenteditble="true"] p{
   min-height:1em;
}

Fixed it for me.