The HTML DOM Input Search placeholder property is used for setting or returning the placeholder attribute value of an input search field. The placeholder property is used for giving the web page users a hint about the input element by showing a text inside the input field before the user inputs anything. The placeholder text is greyed by default and isn’t submitted to the form unlike the value property.SyntaxFollowing is the syntax for −Setting the placeholder property −searchObject.placeholder = textHere, text represents the placeholder text specifying the hint for the user about the search field.ExampleLet us look at an example ... Read More

The HTML DOM Input Search pattern property is used for setting or returning the pattern attribute of an input search field. It checks the search field time against a regular expression that is specified by the pattern property.SyntaxFollowing is the syntax for −Setting the pattern property −searchObject.pattern = regexpHere, regexp is a regular expression against which the search field is checked.ExampleLet us look at an example for the Input Search pattern property −Live Demo Input Search pattern property The time inside search field can either be of three numeric characters or 6 alphabet characters from a to g ... Read More

The HTML DOM Input Search object is associated with the element with type “search”. We can create and access an input element with type search using the createElement() and getElementById() method respectively.PropertiesFollowing are the properties for the Input Search object −PropertyDescriptionautocompleteTo set or return if the search field should get focus automatically when the page loads or not.autofocusTo set or return if the search field should get focus automatically when the page loads or not.defaultValueTo set or return the search field default value.disabledTo set or return if the reset button has been disabled, or not.formTo return the reference of ... Read More

The HTML DOM Input Search name property is used for setting or returning the name attribute of a reset button. The name attribute helps in identifying the form data after it has been submitted to the server. JavaScript can also use the name attribute to refer form elements for manipulating later on.SyntaxFollowing is the syntax for −Setting the name property −searchObject.name = nameHere, name is for specifying the search field name.ExampleLet us look at an example for the Search name property − Input search name Property FRUITS: Change the name of the above search field ... Read More

The HTML DOM Input Search maxlength property is used for setting or returning the maxlength attribute of the input search field. The maxLength property specifies the maximum number of characters you can type in a search field.SyntaxFollowing is the syntax for −Set the maxLength property −passwordObject.maxLength = integerHere, integer specifies the maximum number of characters that can be entered in the search field. The default value for this is 524288.ExampleLet us look at an example for the maxLength property − Input Search maxLength Property FRUITS: Increase the maximum number of characters to be entered for ... Read More

The HTML DOM Input Search form property is used for returning the form reference that contains the given input search field. If the search field is outside the form then it will simply return NULL. This property is read-only.SyntaxFollowing is the syntax for input search form property −searchObject.formExampleLet us look at an example for the HTML DOM Input search form property − Input search form Property FRUITS: Get the form id by clicking on the below button GET FORM    function formId() {       var P=document.getElementById("SEARCH1").form.id;       document.getElementById("Sample").innerHTML = ... Read More

The HTML DOM Input Search disabled property is used for setting or returning whether the search field should be disabled or not. It uses boolean values with true representing the element should be disabled and false otherwise. The disabled property is set to false by default. However, the disabled element is greyed out by default and is unclickable.SyntaxFollowing is the syntax for −Setting the disabled property −searchObject.autofocus = true|falseHere, true=search field is disabled and false=the search field is not disabled. It is false by default.ExampleLet us look at an example for the Input Search disabled property −Live Demo ... Read More

The HTML DOM Input Search defaultValue property is used for setting or getting the defaultValue of a search field. The defaultValue of an element is the value assigned to the value attribute. The difference between value and defaultValue property is that the defaultValue property retains the original default value while the value property value change based on the user input in the search field.SyntaxFollowing is the syntax to set the defaultValue property −searchObject.defaultValue = valueHere, “value” is the search field default value.ExampleLet us look at an example for the Search defaultValue property −Live Demo Input Search defaultValue Property ... Read More

The HTML DOM Input Search autofocus property is associated with the HTML element’s autofocus attribute. This property is used for setting or returning if the input search field should automatically be focused when the page loads or not.SyntaxFollowing is the syntax for −Setting the autofocus property −searchObject.autofocus = true|falseHere, true represents the search field should get focus and false represents otherwise. It is set to false by default.ExampleLet us look at an example of the Input search autofocus property − Input search autofocus property FRUITS: Get the autofocus attribute value for the above search ... Read More

The HTML DOM Input Search autocomplete property is associated with the autocomplete attribute of the element with type=”search”. The autocomplete attribute takes “on” or “off” value. The on value specifies that the web browser must automatically complete user text based on previous input while false states otherwise.SyntaxFollowing is the syntax for −Setting the autocomplete Property −searchObject.autocomplete = "on|off"Here, on means the web browser will complete the user input automatically based on previous input while false states that it will not complete any of the user input based on previous inputs. It has the value set to on by default.ExampleLet ... Read More