Question

i am trying to clear the text when the user onclick on the text input control as shown below but its not happening… below is the code

 var generate_message = $("<textarea onclick='if (this.value == 'Enter message here...') this.value = '''  rows='5' cols='45' id='comment'>Enter message here...</textarea>");            

Answer 1

You cannot use single quote in html and javascript. It causes confusion in browser renderer

Usually, I separate the use of single quote and double quote. I use double quote for html and single quote for javascript

See example below

<textarea onclick="if (this.value == 'Enter message here...') this.value = ''"  rows="5" cols="45" id="comment">Enter message here...</textarea>​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

• Add Fiddle

See Fiddle example

• UPDATE
  I just realised that you have $(“…”) so what i suggest you can escape the single quote by putting \

see updated fiddle here