asp.net multiline textbox default value

Question

I am having a problem with the asp.net multi line textbox

<asp:TextBox ID="Oohrl" 
    runat="server"
    CssClass="textEntry"
    ClientIDMode="Static"
    Text="{/oohru/form/oohrl}">
</asp:TextBox>

This works fine with text= when the page loads it puts the appropriate value in there from the XML file

However the following does NOT do that

<asp:TextBox id="Description"
    TextMode="MultiLine"
    Columns="50"
    Rows="4"
    runat="server"
    ClientIDMode="Static"
    Text="{/oohru/form/desc}">
</asp:TextBox>

it just puts {/oohru/form/desc} as the literal text inside of the textbox. The multi line box renders as a textarea vs an input in the first example.

Below is how the xhtml is constructed on the browser This is the one that works, where asdf IS the proper value that it should display

<input class="textEntry" 
    id="Oohrl"
    value="asdf" 
    name="ctl00$RightColumn$Oohrl" 
    type="text">

This is the one that doesn't

<textarea id="Description" 
    cols="50" 
    rows="4" 
    name="ctl00$RightColumn$Description">
    {/oohru/form/desc}
</textarea>

I did also try using my own textarea with runat="server" and another without that, it still won't put a value in . Is there a reason xslt won't render a value into a text area??

Answer 1

You can use Ajax TextBoxWaterMark Control to solve this issue. You need not use classes for this.