html: how can I show text in html “textarea” ie “value” setting?

Question

I want to do the following with "value":

<textarea type="text" name="message"rows="10" cols="10" value="hi there"></textarea></p>

thx

Answer 1

<textarea type="text" name="message"rows="10" cols="10">Hi there</textarea>

Don't use the 'value' attribute, put the text in the element (ie there is no 'value' attribute for this HTML element, AFAICR)

Answer 2

<textarea type="text" name="message"rows="10" cols="10">hi there</textarea>

Answer 3

Add text between the textarea tags as follows:

<textarea>My placeholder Value</textarea>