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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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"The art of living… is neither careless drifting on the one hand nor fearful clinging to the past on the other. It consists in being sensitive to each moment, in regarding it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive."

Alan Watts


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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>