Better still, perhaps the content could remain in the textarea so that clicking reply simple toggles the reply area with all the content still inside of it. That would solve both issues.
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Better still, perhaps the content could remain in the textarea so that clicking reply simple toggles the reply area with all the content still inside of it. That would solve both issues.