I want to set the text in a from a js-function; I\'m simply setting the innerText-attribute to a new value. The text is multiline
Try it. I use property "value" or "innerHTML" or "textContent":
var area = document.getElementById("my_textarea");
area.value = "foo\nbar";
var area_2 = document.getElementById("my_textarea_2");
area_2.innerHTML = "foo\nbar";
var area_3 = document.getElementById("my_textarea_3");
area_3.textContent = "foo\nbar";