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Created March 29, 2012 13:36
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jQuery snippet to remove and replace default form input text on click
$('form.form-search input').focus(function() {
if (this.value == this.defaultValue){
this.value = '';
}
if(this.value != this.defaultValue){
this.select();
}
});
$('form.form-search input').blur(function() {
if ($.trim(this.value) == ''){
this.value = (this.defaultValue ? this.defaultValue : '');
}
});
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