Contact Form 7 Clear textarea

Last time we talked about how to clear the input labels on Contact From 7 using a slight hack to the code. This is great for simply using input labels, but what about a text area? As I quickly found it, it doesn’t work.

Why is doesn’t work is because the text area is controlled by a different php file called textarea.php.

So if we open that file up and look on line 88 you will find this code:

$html = ‘‘ . esc_html( $value ) . ‘‘;

We need to change it to this code:

$html = ‘‘ . esc_html( $value ) . ‘‘;

Now save it and your text area will now clear itself when someone clicks on it.