How to create a Search Input using jQuery Mobile ?

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

jQuery Mobile is a web based technology used to make responsive content that can be accessed on all smartphones, tablets and desktops. In this article, we will be creating a search input using jQuery Mobile.

Approach:

First, we add the jQuery Mobile scripts needed for the project.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css%E2%80%9D /> <script src=”http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js%E2%80%9D></script> <script src=”http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js%E2%80%9D></script>

We can now start creating the search inputs that would be based on jQuery Mobile.

Example:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href=
"http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css" />

    <script src=
        "http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js">
    </script>

    <script src=
"http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js">
    </script>
</head>

<body>
    <center>
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>

        <h4>
            Design a Search Input using jQuery Mobile
        </h4>
        <form style="width: 50%;">
            <label for="searchArea">
                Search Content
            </label>
            
            <input type="search" name="searchArea" 
                id="searchArea" value="" 
                placeholder="Search Text...">
        </form>
    </center>
</body>

</html>