jQuery: textarea default value disppear on click

Question

I want a textarea with some default text. When the user clicks in the textarea the default text should be deleted. How can I make value of a textarea disappear on click?

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Answer 1

You can accomplish this even without JavaScript by using placeholder attribute.

But you should be aware that not every browser supports it yet. In this case you can use for instance this plugin: http://plugins.jquery.com/project/input-placeholder