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Glossary Term

HTML search element

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The <search> HTML element is a container representing the parts of the document or application with form controls or other content related to performing a search or filtering operation. The <search> element semantically identifies the purpose of the element’s contents as having search or filtering capabilities. The search or filtering functionality can be for the website or application, the current web page or document, or the entire Internet or subsection thereof.

The <search> element is not for presenting search results. Rather, search or filtered results should be presented as part of the main content of that web page. That said, suggestions and links that are part of “quick search” functionality within the search or filtering functionality are appropriately nested within the contents of the <search> element as they are search features.

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