Django textarea with default value (quick&dirty)

forms.py

from django import forms

class TextareaWithValueHandling(forms.Textarea):
    """ 
    Ugly hack to get a default value preset within a textarea. (not supported by django)
    This template renders widget.attrs.value within the textarea body if there is no real value
    """
    template_name = 'form/widget/textarea_with_value_handling.html'
    
class TheForm(forms.Form):
    the_field = TextareaWithValueHandling(attrs={'value': 'the freakin default value'})

{templates_form_widget_dir}textarea_with_value_handling.html

<textarea name="{{ widget.name }}"{% include "django/forms/widgets/attrs.html" %}>
{% if widget.value %}{{ widget.value }}{% elif widget.attrs.value %}{{ widget.attrs.value }}{% endif %}</textarea>