Question

I have been using the following to put a default value in a textfield

<textarea name="message" id="message" cols="30" rows="5" value="Comment"
    class="form_text text-input shadow" title="Comment"
    onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Comment';}" 
    onfocus="if (this.value == 'Comment') {this.value = '';}">
</textarea>

and it partially works. The field doesn’t show a default value initially but if you click inside it and then out, without typing anything, it displays “Comment”.

Any idea how I can modify this so that “Comment” appears when form loads.

Answer 1

Textarea default text must be enclosed in tags

<textarea> this is my default text </textarea>