Apparently this component has been superseded by X-editable: http://vitalets.github.com/x-editable/

Edit: Speak of the devil and he doth appear.

What is the difference between them? Noob here.

Read the changelog (I skimmed it first, lists what you're asking for): http://vitalets.github.com/x-editable/assets/x-editable/CHAN...

Thanks :)

This breaks usability like crazy. You have to click on something to edit it, then you have to select the content.

I'm sure there's some place where this might be useful (madlibs?) but it's not a usable replacement for a good form.

I wouldn't be so categorical. Tooltip edit provides a different experience with respect to other 'one click edit' tools (e.g., best in place gem approach), and I actually find this better for some contexts, in as much as it improves user's awareness about the fact she's actually changing something on the database (persistent attribute change). Think about an edit profile form, for instance.

If you don't want forms, use inputs with no border or background except when :active.

Why does a regular form not work for a profile?

Salesforce.com does a reasonable job of inline editing as they turn ALL fields on the form editable. So the annoyance of not being able to select text to type over it only happens once.

Not optimal. Doesn't work well on touch devices.

Can you clarify why you say that. What doesn't work for you on which touch device. Works just fine on my iPad

It worked fine on my ipad running ios5

This seems like a strange implementation for this functionality. I guess I find straight-up clickable text (no link or pop-over) to edit more straightforward. For example, Trello does exactly that - you just click the text and edit.

Check out the X-editable demo (it's linked from the page), it supports inline editing.

The submission of the renamed project: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4827955

X-editable doesn't work on iPad.Editable (this) works on iPad.

Both work for me.

Excellent one, was looking for something like that.