Javascript to make input field in edit mode(insert mode)

Question

How is it possible to make a input field editable in javascript. I mean onFocus putting it in insert mode so that values can be overwritten. Any suggestions ???

Answer 1

After doing some googling, this seems to be related. It might be working trying the play with the following code a bit, but it might only work in specific browsers on specific operating systems, but it's worth a shot anyway.

document.execCommand('OverWrite', false, true);
document.execCommand('OverWrite', false, false);

As per your request, I would say the implementation would work something like this: