placeholder feature detection
HTML
<script src="http://dev.ljd.dk/resources/modernizr-2.0.6.js"></script>
<textarea rows="10" cols="20" class="form-control form-control-textarea" name="form:visaDetails_proposedAddress" id="form:visaDetails_proposedAddress"></textarea>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function(){
var placeholder = 'Address: \n\nCONTACT PERSON\/ \n\nHOTEL\/ \n\nINSTITUTION\/ \n\nCOMPANY:\/ \n\nPHONE:';
$('textarea').attr('placeholder', placeholder);
});