How can i prepopulate a text area with rails

Question

I want to preset a textarea with a value but it isn't working.

<%= f.text_area(:self_summary, :input_html => { "date-pre" => "I will get to this later."}, :class => "textareastyle") %>

Answer 1

<%= f.text_area(:self_summary, :value => "I will get to this later.", :class => "textareastyle") %>