How can I display the value of my textarea?

Question

My textarea has a value, but it is not displayed in the textarea, which is working in my input field...

<textarea value="This text is not visible"></textarea>

<input value="This text is visible">

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 01 '18 at 01:49

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Textarea doesn't have value attribute. Put the text between opening and closing tags.

note : Don't forgot to add name attribute .

It should be like this

<textarea name="textarea_field" placeholder="Text enter here">This text is visible</textarea>

edited Mar 01 '18 at 01:49

answered Feb 15 '17 at 12:09

JYoThI

Ok, I understand, so I cannot use a textarea in a form. – peace_love Feb 15 '17 at 12:15
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you can use it in form and on submit it will pass the value what you enter the data between tags . and don't forgot to add name attribute else form not pass the value to next page – JYoThI Feb 15 '17 at 12:20
Ah ok, I understand! – peace_love Feb 15 '17 at 12:25

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '17 at 12:07

4

<textarea>This text is visible</textarea>

answered Feb 15 '17 at 12:07

Monika Bozhinova

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