below is the <div> and <textarea> in my webpage <div id="div_1" onclick="document.getElementById("textarea_1").innerHTML=document.getElementById("div_1").innerHTML;"> paragraph 1 paragraph 2 paragraph 3 paragraph 4 </div> <textarea id="textarea_1"></textarea> when i click the div i need to show <div> innerHTML to <textarea> but its coming like below <textarea id="textarea_1">paragraph 1<br><br>paragraph 2<br><br>paragraph 3<br><br>paragraph 4</textarea> i need output like this (correct format of <div> ) <textarea id="textarea_1"> paragraph 1 paragraph 2 paragraph 3 paragraph 4 </textarea>