nothing seems to work. how does jquery prefill a textarea ?
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title></title> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery- latest.pack.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(function() { $("#textareaName").val("hello1"); $("#textareaName").text("hello2"); $("#textareaName").html("hello3"); $("[EMAIL PROTECTED]'textareaName']".val("hello4"); $("[EMAIL PROTECTED]'textareaName']".text("hello5"); $("[EMAIL PROTECTED]'textareaName']".html("hello6"); $('textarea').val( "hello7" ) ; $('textareaname').val( "hello8" ) ; }); </script> </head> <body> <div> <textarea id="textareaname" name="textareaname" rows="5" cols="20"></textarea> </div> </body> </html>