Adding html element to a textbox

[mat3000000]

Trying to add the text "• " to a text area, but it will just print the symbol. Is there a way you can print the string itself?

function add(myValue) {
//IE support
if (document.selection) {
desc.focus();
sel = document.selection.createRange();
sel.text = myValue;
}

...onclick="add('• ')"

[devnull69]

add('• ')