js , jquery, JSP. How to display a generic text inside a text box : I have a textarea/textbox which dynamically gets url from the database.Right now the textbox is showing full url address and does not look good. What I was trying to get is use some generic text like "click here for more info". i tried place holder but does not work. I need to use generic text and when lick go to the link it gets from database. Any help will be highly appreciated.

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    //just for test
    //this text area is getting values from db(url)
    <a id="aurl" target="_blank" > <textarea id="evnt"
    		type="text" name="event" cols="40" disabled></textarea></a>


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