Can't change the value of textarea after hiding it once

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If you hide a textarea element with javascript and then make it visible again and try to change the value with javascript, the textarea will not display the new value

It does change the value, but it will not change the value that it shows to the new one.

Workaround: Replace the textarea with a new one.

Test page Workaround is included
Reported by: z.

(Orphaned), Opera | Reported on 30 June 2005.

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