Fix .value on a textarea to give you the content for the rack driver.

lib/capybara/driver/rack_test_driver.rb

@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ class Capybara::Driver::RackTest < Capybara::Driver::Base
       end
     end
 
+    def value
+      if tag_name == 'textarea'
+        node.content
+      else
+        super
+      end
+    end
 
     def set(value)
       if tag_name == 'input' and type == 'radio'

lib/capybara/spec/driver.rb

@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ shared_examples_for 'driver' do
         @driver.find('//input[@id="checked_field"]')[0][:checked].should be_true
       end
 
+      it "should allow retrieval of the value" do
+        @driver.find('//textarea').first.value.should == 'banana'
+      end
+
       it "should allow assignment of field value" do
         @driver.find('//input').first.value.should == 'monkey'
         @driver.find('//input').first.set('gorilla')

lib/capybara/spec/views/with_html.erb

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 <p>
   <input type="text" id="test_field" value="monkey"/>
+  <textarea>banana</textarea>
   <a href="/redirect_back">BackToMyself</a>
   <a title="twas a fine link" href="/redirect">A link came first</a>
   <a title="a fine link" href="/with_simple_html">A link</a>