JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Sarbbottam Bandyopadhyay

HTML

<textarea id='status'>
Hi, my name is...
</textarea>

JavaScript

document.querySelector('#status').addEventListener('input', function(e){
    var defaultText = 'Hi, my name is...',
        defaultTextLength = defaultText.length;
    if(this.selectionStart === this.selectionEnd && this.selectionStart < defaultTextLength) {
        this.value = defaultText;
    }
});