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<txp:search_input />

The search_input tag is a single tag. This tag will provide a text entry field for search parameters and an optional button to initiate the search.

Attributes

Tag will accept the following attributes (case-sensitive):

section="section name"

Use the specified section as the destination page that will display the search results.

Default: unset (use the front page)

html_id="id"

The HTML id attribute assigned to the search form.

Default: unset.

label="text"

Label for the top of the field.

Default: Search.

button="text"

Creates and labels a button to initiate the search.

Default: unset (no button is created)

size="integer"

Sets the size of the text field.

Default: 15.

wraptag="tag"

HTML tag to wrap the search field with.

Default: p.

form="form name"

Use specified form. (Yes, a TXP-form to build a customized X/HTML form.)

Default: search_input.

Examples

Example 1: Display a search input form

<txp:search_input label="Search" button="Search" size="20" wraptag="div" />

Example 2: Elements required for building a customized (X)HTML search form

You can build your own custom search form (in a TXP form, like you do with e.g. the article tag) by specifying form="txpformname" inside the <txp:search_input /> tag.
The following is the content of txpformname and shall depict the absolute minimum of tags and attributes required:

<form action="<txp:site_url />">
<input type="text" name="q" />
</form>

If you use a customized TXP form Textpattern doesn't automatically wrap the (X)HTML form output with form tags, so you need a pair of those to enclose your code. The name="q" attribute/value pair inside the text input tag is required for even initiating a search query.

Other tags used: site_url

Genealogy

Version 4.0.7

• html_id attribute added.