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Show and hide form field text values for onblur and onfocus behaviors | works with Contact Form 7 plugin

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"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves."

Henry David Thoreau


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<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {  
    $('input[type="text"]').focus(function() {      
        if (this.value == this.defaultValue){
            this.value = '';
        }
        if(this.value != this.defaultValue){
            this.select();
        }
    });
    $('input[type="text"]').blur(function() {      
        if (this.value == ''){
            this.value = this.defaultValue;
        }
    });
});
</script>