Re: <input type=search> and role=search

On Mar 26, 2008, at 16:17, Ben Boyle wrote:
> Interesting. Other than having the semantic type of 'search' (and
> benefits outlined here), does it function pretty much like a text
> input? How does it differ?


It can have a popup of past searches. It has a DOM event for  
performing JavaScript-based searches as the user types. (And it looks  
like a proper search widget on Mac OS X.)

http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/hyatt/archives/2004_07.html#005890

P.S. Looks like Facebook.com has switched to <input type=text> since I  
last checked.
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