Any TEXTAREA elements appearing before any forms on the page do not render. They do if they are either inside or after a form, but not before. See uri quoted for demo.

this isn't my bug since the textarea doesn't even show up when visual debugging is turned on. also i don't get any textareas at all in this example. this needs to be reassigned, but i have no idea to whom. qa should track this down.

After further consideration, the bug is probably Layout. Could be Parser, although if it is I'd hate to know what the reason is. Failing that, Widget Set, although I believe the widgets themselves are fine, they are just not being drawn. See also bug #2778.

Rick, the TEXTAREA isn't in the content model. I don't know whether this is parser or content sink BODY refcount=3< H2 refcount=3< Text refcount=3<Before A Form> > Text refcount=3<\n\n> P refcount=3< Text refcount=3<There should now be a > CODE refcount=3< Text refcount=3<TEXTAREA> > Text refcount=3<. It should be rendered,\nalthough it is before a form.> > Text refcount=3<\n\n> P refcount=3< Text refcount=3<\n\n> > Text refcount=3<\n\n> H2 refcount=3< Text refcount=3<In A Form> >