If you want to specify default text for a text area box, where should you add the text that will appear as default text?

The correct choice is to place the default text between the <textarea> tags. This is because the <textarea> element is specifically designed to hold multiline text input from users, and any default content intended to be displayed within the text area should be included as text content between the opening <textarea> tag and the closing </textarea> tag.

When a user encounters a text area on a form, the text that appears by default helps guide the user on what type of information should be entered. Including this text directly inside the <textarea> tags ensures that it is displayed as initial content when the web page loads.

Using the <input> tag is more suited for single-line text fields, while CSS styles are used for controlling the presentation of elements rather than providing content. Similarly, a JavaScript function can dynamically modify the content of a text area after a page has loaded but is not used to set default text at the time of rendering the HTML structure. Therefore, the correct method to set default text in a text area is indeed to place it directly between the <textarea> tags.