I have a div whose innerHTML i want to put it in textarea, the problem is that the div content is with html tags and when i place that in textarea it does not show the executed html code but it shows text with html tags. I want the executed html code in the textarea, how can I achieve this? I have searched all through the net but not able to find it. Any kind of help will be highly appreciated

Thank you

I have a div whose innerHTML i want to put it in textarea, the problem is that the div content is with html tags and when i place that in textarea it does not show the executed html code but it shows text with html tags. I want the executed html code in the textarea, how can I achieve this? I have searched all through the net but not able to find it. Any kind of help will be highly appreciated

Thank you

• javascript
• html

• Your question is not very clear. What do you want to see in the text area? – Jivings Commented May 11, 2012 at 12:43
• Could you replace the textarea with a div? Why are you using a textarea element? – Fabrizio Calderan Commented May 11, 2012 at 12:43
• @Jivings I think he wants to see the text rendered in the textarea as it would have been rendered in the div. – Simone Commented May 11, 2012 at 12:46
• 1 You need to use some WYSIWYG Editor, TinyMCE for example tinymce. – antyrat Commented May 11, 2012 at 12:47
• textarea is for text only. you cannot put any html tags in it. if you do need any maekup, just use a simple div. – Sagiv Ofek Commented May 11, 2012 at 12:47

1 Answer 1

Instead of textarea you can use div with contenteditable attribute:

<div contenteditable="true">
  This text can be edited by the user.
</div>