# \<ion-textarea \[innerHTML\]="data"\> not working here data is html content

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**Created:** [May 18, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ion-textarea-innerhtml-data-not-working-here-data-is-html-content/223373 "2022-05-18T12:27:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![rameshkondur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@rameshkondur](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/rameshkondur)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ion-textarea-innerhtml-data-not-working-here-data-is-html-content/223373/1 "2022-05-18T12:27:10Z")

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\<ion-textarea [innerHTML]=“data”\> not working here data is html content

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**Author:** ![EinfachHans](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/einfachhans/32/130917_2.png) [@EinfachHans](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/EinfachHans)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ion-textarea-innerhtml-data-not-working-here-data-is-html-content/223373/2 "2022-05-18T12:30:46Z")

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What are you trying to archive when setting a `innerHtml` on a `ion-textarea` component?

What does the `data` looks like?

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**Author:** ![rameshkondur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@rameshkondur](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/rameshkondur)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ion-textarea-innerhtml-data-not-working-here-data-is-html-content/223373/3 "2022-05-18T12:36:03Z")

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I get dynamic hrml content from backend to display in text area to edit

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**Author:** ![EinfachHans](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/einfachhans/32/130917_2.png) [@EinfachHans](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/EinfachHans)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/ion-textarea-innerhtml-data-not-working-here-data-is-html-content/223373/4 "2022-05-18T12:38:38Z")

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So for example `data` is `<strong>Test</strong>` and you should be able to edit this in the textarea?

What **innerHtml** would compile to, would be:

```auto
<ion-textarea>
  <strong>
    Test
  </strong>
</ion-textarea>

```

and that’s not how textareas work. You can just create a variable, apply it as `ngModel` and assign the data to it