HTML DOM Input Search object

The HTML DOM Input Search object is associated with the <input> element with type “search”. We can create and access an input element with type search using the createElement() and getElementById() method respectively.

Properties

Following are the properties for the Input Search object −

Property	Description
autocomplete	To set or return if the search field should get focus automatically when the page loads or not.
autofocus	To set or return if the search field should get focus automatically when the page loads or not.
defaultValue	To set or return the search field default value.
disabled	To set or return if the reset button has been disabled, or not.
form	To return the reference of the form containing the search field
list	To return the reference to the datalist containing the search field.
maxLength	To set or return the maxlength attribute value of a search field.
name	To set or return the name attribute value of a search field
pattern	To set or return pattern attribute value of a search field.
placeholder	To set or return the placeholder attribute value of a search field
readOnly	To set or return if the search field is read-only, or not
required	To set or return if it is mandatory to fill the search field before submitting the form or not.
size	To set or return size attribute value of the search field.
type	It is a read only property returning the type of form element the search field is.
value	To set or returns the value attribute value of the search field.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for −

Creating an input search object −

var P = document.createElement("INPUT");
P.setAttribute("type", "search");

Example

Let us look at an example for the Input Search object −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script>
   function createSearch() {
      var S= document.createElement("INPUT");
      S.setAttribute("type", "search");
      document.body.appendChild(S);
   }
</script>
</head>
<body>
<p>Create an input field with type search by clicking the below button</p>
<button onclick="createSearch()">CREATE</button>
<br><br>
FRUITS:
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

HTML DOM Input Search object

On clicking the CREATE button −

HTML DOM Input Search object