ime-mode

An old, mostly deprecated property used to control the 'Input Method Editor' (like character pickers for non-English languages). It's rarely used today and not supported in Chrome or Safari.

It is documented as part of the CSS Basic User Interface specification. The web standards community has deprecated this feature. Browsers are actively phasing out support for it.

/* Usage Example */
input.no-ime {
  /* Disables the IME for a specific input field */
  ime-mode: disabled;
}

/* Syntax */
ime-mode: auto;
ime-mode: normal;
ime-mode: active;
ime-mode: inactive;
ime-mode: disabled;

/* Global values */
ime-mode: inherit;
ime-mode: initial;
ime-mode: revert;
ime-mode: revert-layer;
ime-mode: unset;
Limited availability Since 2020 6% global usage

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

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