From f109f956feb6d72c144be0b08b02006ea13e6d55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rudrakshagarwal4200-ai <rudrakshagarwal4200@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 23:31:14 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix(textarea): bind value property to native textarea to
 normalize caret behavior (#31579)

Bind value={value} directly on native textarea instead of rendering child text node to ensure initial caret positioning matches ion-input.
---
 core/src/components/textarea/textarea.tsx | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/src/components/textarea/textarea.tsx b/core/src/components/textarea/textarea.tsx
index 297b5cdebc3..c8da5e25899 100644
--- a/core/src/components/textarea/textarea.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/textarea/textarea.tsx
@@ -786,6 +786,7 @@ export class Textarea implements ComponentInterface {
             {this.renderLabel()}
             <div class="native-wrapper" ref={(el) => (this.textareaWrapper = el)}>
               <textarea
+                value={value}
                 class="native-textarea"
                 ref={(el) => (this.nativeInput = el)}
                 id={inputId}
@@ -812,9 +813,7 @@ export class Textarea implements ComponentInterface {
                 aria-describedby={this.getHintTextID()}
                 aria-invalid={this.isInvalid ? 'true' : undefined}
                 {...this.inheritedAttributes}
-              >
-                {value}
-              </textarea>
+              ></textarea>
             </div>
           </div>
           <div class="textarea-end" ref={(el) => (this.endContainerEl = el)}>