How to add default value for html <textarea>?

Question

I want to set a default value for my HTML <textarea>. I read from a material that to add default value you have to do something like <textarea>This is default text</textarea>. I did that but it doesn't work. What's the right thing to do?

Answer 1

Try using this code:

<textarea name='awesome'>Default value</textarea>

For more information, you can refer to this: 

http://jsfiddle.net/8DzCE/1/