diff --git a/src/runtime/internal/dev.ts b/src/runtime/internal/dev.ts
index 76d68086c841..f8a0a313cabf 100644
--- a/src/runtime/internal/dev.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/internal/dev.ts
@@ -83,10 +83,14 @@ export function dataset_dev(node: HTMLElement, property: string, value?: any) {
 
 export function set_data_dev(text, data) {
 	data = '' + data;
-	if (text.wholeText === data) return;
+	if (text.data === data) return;
 
-	dispatch_dev('SvelteDOMSetData', { node: text, data });
-	text.data = data;
+	console.log(text.parentNode.hasAttribute('contenteditable'));
+	if (text.parentNode && text.parentNode.hasAttribute('contenteditable')) {
+		text.innerText = data;
+	} else {
+		text.data = data;
+	}
 }
 
 export function validate_each_argument(arg) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts b/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts
index eb3389e3f863..ac17c263e229 100644
--- a/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/internal/dom.ts
@@ -514,7 +514,13 @@ export function claim_html_tag(nodes) {
 
 export function set_data(text, data) {
 	data = '' + data;
-	if (text.wholeText !== data) text.data = data;
+	if (text.data === data) return;
+
+	if (text.parentNode && text.parentNode.hasAttribute('contenteditable')) {
+		text.innerText = data;
+	} else {
+		text.data = data;
+	}
 }
 
 export function set_input_value(input, value) {