Making a text area with default text

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I wonder could anyone help with this. I'm making a Java compiler app through phonegap and I have a textarea in which I would just like to have the Java Class name already default in the text box(and it not disappear)

So I have as follows

    <div>
            <label for="source">Source Code:</label>
            <textarea cols="35" rows="10" name="source" id="source" value="class TryMe{"></textarea>
        </div>

        <div>
            <label for="input">Input: <span class="description">(Data that will be given to the program on the stdin.)</span></label>
            <textarea cols="35" rows="3" name="input" id="input"></textarea>
        </div>

        <div>

and just to highlight what I mean I've added "value= "class TryMe{" just so you know what I mean. Is it easiest to just make a javascript function.

possible duplicate of [How to add default value for html ?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6007219/how-to-add-default-value-for-html-textarea) — Jukka K. Korpela, Feb 01 '14 at 16:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 01 '14 at 15:13

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Setting a default value for an html <textarea> is like this

<textarea cols="35" rows="10" name="source" id="source">  VALUE HERE  </textarea>

answered Feb 01 '14 at 15:13

Rob Sedgwick

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Great thanks, Did it and while it works, the text appears in the centre of the textbox, any idea why? – Leah Buchanan Feb 01 '14 at 15:15
You need to keep it all on one line, any whitespace within your textarea value will be rendered too. That includes new lines – Cjmarkham Feb 01 '14 at 15:16
Drag over the contents of your textarea input, does it have lots of whitespace ? – Rob Sedgwick Feb 01 '14 at 15:17
yeah I just used in the end, Thanks :) – Leah Buchanan Feb 01 '14 at 15:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 01 '14 at 15:16

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Textareas do not have a value attribute. You simple add the text within the element

<textarea>class TryMe{</textarea>

You can also use placeholders

<textarea placeholder="class TryMe{"></textarea>

answered Feb 01 '14 at 15:16

Cjmarkham

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Making a text area with default text

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