Why does this not render properly (the value does not show)
<head>
<style>
.texta {
color: #CDCBCB;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
border: 1px solid #E2E2E2;
font-style:italic
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<textarea name="comments" value="Message (required)" cols="40" rows="6" onFocus="javascript:this.value=''" class="texta"></textarea>
</body>
The value for textarea must be between the textarea tags:
So it would be: