diff --git a/projects/ngneat/hotkeys/src/lib/hotkeys.service.ts b/projects/ngneat/hotkeys/src/lib/hotkeys.service.ts
index 6c2e890..677b674 100644
--- a/projects/ngneat/hotkeys/src/lib/hotkeys.service.ts
+++ b/projects/ngneat/hotkeys/src/lib/hotkeys.service.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { debounceTime, filter, finalize, mergeMap, takeUntil, tap } from 'rxjs/o
 import { coerceArray } from './utils/array';
 import { hostPlatform, normalizeKeys } from './utils/platform';
 
-export type AllowInElement = 'INPUT' | 'TEXTAREA' | 'SELECT';
+export type AllowInElement = 'INPUT' | 'TEXTAREA' | 'SELECT' | 'CONTENTEDITABLE';
 interface Options {
   group: string;
   element: HTMLElement;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export class HotkeysService {
   private sequenceMaps = new Map<HTMLElement, SequenceSummary>();
   private sequenceDebounce: number = 250;
 
-  constructor(private eventManager: EventManager, @Inject(DOCUMENT) private document) {}
+  constructor(private eventManager: EventManager, @Inject(DOCUMENT) private document: Document) {}
 
   getHotkeys(): Hotkey[] {
     const sequenceKeys = Array.from(this.sequenceMaps.values())
@@ -145,10 +145,7 @@ export class HotkeysService {
 
     return getSequenceCompleteObserver().pipe(
       takeUntil<Hotkey>(this.dispose.pipe(filter(v => v === normalizedKeys))),
-      filter(hotkey => {
-        const excludedTargets = this.getExcludedTargets(hotkey.allowIn || []);
-        return !excludedTargets?.includes(document.activeElement.nodeName);
-      }),
+      filter(hotkey => !this.targetIsExcluded(hotkey.allowIn)),
       tap(hotkey => this.callbacks.forEach(cb => cb(hotkey, normalizedKeys, hotkey.element))),
       finalize(() => this.removeShortcuts(normalizedKeys))
     );
@@ -169,9 +166,8 @@ export class HotkeysService {
     return new Observable(observer => {
       const handler = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
         const hotkey = this.hotkeys.get(normalizedKeys);
-        const excludedTargets = this.getExcludedTargets(hotkey.allowIn || []);
+        const skipShortcutTrigger = this.targetIsExcluded(hotkey.allowIn);
 
-        const skipShortcutTrigger = excludedTargets && excludedTargets.includes(document.activeElement.nodeName);
         if (skipShortcutTrigger) {
           return;
         }
@@ -237,7 +233,21 @@ export class HotkeysService {
     });
   }
 
-  private getExcludedTargets(allowIn: AllowInElement[]) {
-    return ['INPUT', 'SELECT', 'TEXTAREA'].filter(t => !allowIn.includes(t as AllowInElement));
+  private targetIsExcluded(allowIn?: AllowInElement[]) {
+    const activeElement = this.document.activeElement;
+    const elementName = activeElement.nodeName;
+    const elementIsContentEditable = (activeElement as HTMLElement).isContentEditable;
+    let isExcluded = ['INPUT', 'SELECT', 'TEXTAREA'].includes(elementName) || elementIsContentEditable;
+
+    if (isExcluded && allowIn?.length) {
+      for (let t of allowIn) {
+        if (activeElement.nodeName === t || (t === 'CONTENTEDITABLE' && elementIsContentEditable)) {
+          isExcluded = false;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return isExcluded;
   }
 }
diff --git a/projects/ngneat/hotkeys/src/lib/tests/hotkeys.directive.spec.ts b/projects/ngneat/hotkeys/src/lib/tests/hotkeys.directive.spec.ts
index 076b170..3fc0ce4 100644
--- a/projects/ngneat/hotkeys/src/lib/tests/hotkeys.directive.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/ngneat/hotkeys/src/lib/tests/hotkeys.directive.spec.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,30 @@ describe('Directive: Hotkeys', () => {
     expect(spyFcn).toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it('should ignore hotkey when typing in a contentEditable element', () => {
+    const spyFcn = createSpy('subscribe', (...args) => {});
+    spectator = createDirective(`<div [hotkeys]="'a'"><div contenteditable="true"></div></div>`);
+    spectator.output('hotkey').subscribe(spyFcn);
+    spyOnProperty(document.activeElement, 'nodeName', 'get').and.returnValue('DIV');
+    spyOnProperty(document.activeElement as HTMLElement, 'isContentEditable', 'get').and.returnValue(true);
+    spectator.dispatchKeyboardEvent(spectator.element.firstElementChild, 'keydown', 'a');
+    spectator.fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(spyFcn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('should trigger hotkey when typing in a contentEditable element', () => {
+    const spyFcn = createSpy('subscribe', (...args) => {});
+    spectator = createDirective(
+      `<div [hotkeys]="'a'" [hotkeysOptions]="{allowIn: ['CONTENTEDITABLE']}"><div contenteditable="true"></div></div>`
+    );
+    spectator.output('hotkey').subscribe(spyFcn);
+    spyOnProperty(document.activeElement, 'nodeName', 'get').and.returnValue('DIV');
+    spyOnProperty(document.activeElement as HTMLElement, 'isContentEditable', 'get').and.returnValue(true);
+    spectator.dispatchKeyboardEvent(spectator.element.firstElementChild, 'keydown', 'a');
+    spectator.fixture.detectChanges();
+    expect(spyFcn).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it('should register hotkey', () => {
     spectator = createDirective(`<div [hotkeys]="'a'"></div>`);
     spectator.fixture.detectChanges();
@@ -148,6 +172,46 @@ describe('Directive: Sequence Hotkeys', () => {
     return run();
   });
 
+  it('should ignore hotkey when typing in a contentEditable element', () => {
+    const run = async () => {
+      // * Need to space out time to prevent other test keystrokes from interfering with sequence
+      await sleep(250);
+      const spyFcn = createSpy('subscribe', (...args) => {});
+      spectator = createDirective(`<div [hotkeys]="'g>n'" [isSequence]="true"><div contenteditable="true"></div>`);
+      spectator.output('hotkey').subscribe(spyFcn);
+      spyOnProperty(document.activeElement, 'nodeName', 'get').and.returnValue('DIV');
+      spyOnProperty(document.activeElement as HTMLElement, 'isContentEditable', 'get').and.returnValue(true);
+      spectator.dispatchKeyboardEvent(spectator.element.firstElementChild, 'keydown', 'g', spectator.element);
+      spectator.dispatchKeyboardEvent(spectator.element.firstElementChild, 'keydown', 'n', spectator.element);
+      await sleep(250);
+      spectator.fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(spyFcn).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    };
+
+    return run();
+  });
+
+  it('should trigger hotkey when typing in a contentEditable element', () => {
+    const run = async () => {
+      // * Need to space out time to prevent other test keystrokes from interfering with sequence
+      await sleep(250);
+      const spyFcn = createSpy('subscribe', (...args) => {});
+      spectator = createDirective(
+        `<div [hotkeys]="'g>n'" [isSequence]="true" [hotkeysOptions]="{allowIn: ['CONTENTEDITABLE']}"><div contenteditable="true"></div>`
+      );
+      spectator.output('hotkey').subscribe(spyFcn);
+      spyOnProperty(document.activeElement, 'nodeName', 'get').and.returnValue('DIV');
+      spyOnProperty(document.activeElement as HTMLElement, 'isContentEditable', 'get').and.returnValue(true);
+      spectator.dispatchKeyboardEvent(spectator.element.firstElementChild, 'keydown', 'g', spectator.element);
+      spectator.dispatchKeyboardEvent(spectator.element.firstElementChild, 'keydown', 'n', spectator.element);
+      await sleep(250);
+      spectator.fixture.detectChanges();
+      expect(spyFcn).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    };
+
+    return run();
+  });
+
   it('should register hotkey', () => {
     spectator = createDirective(`<div [hotkeys]="'g>p'" [isSequence]="true"></div>`);
     spectator.fixture.detectChanges();