How to retain values from textarea after submitting the form

Question

I have a textarea and then I try to click Save as draft button or submit button. But when the page submits, the values on my textarea doesn't retain.

<textarea type="text" name="briefDescription" id="briefDescription" rows="12" cols="98" value="${briefDescription}" ></textarea>

Please teach me how to retain values of a textarea.

Thanks!

Answer 1

The content of the textarea should go between its start and end tag:

<textarea type="text" name="briefDescription" id="briefDescription" rows="12" cols="98">$briefDescription</textarea>