Web/API/HTMLInputElement/search event

Non-standard This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.

The search event is fired when a search is initiated usinng an <input> element of type="search".

Bubbles	Yes
Cancelable	No
Interface	`Event`
Event handler property	`onsearch`

There are several ways a search can be initiated, such as by pressing Enter while the <input> is focused, or, if the incremental attribute is present, after a UA-defined timeout elapses since the most recent keystroke (with new keystrokes resetting the timeout so the firing of the event is debounced).

Current UA implementations of <input type="search"> have an additional control to clear the field. Using this control also fires the search event. In that case the value of the <input> element will be the empty string.

Examples

// addEventListener version
const input = document.querySelector('input[type="search"]');

input.addEventListener('search', () => {
 console.log("The term searched for was " + input.value);
})

// onsearch version
const input = document.querySelector('input[type="search"]');

input.onsearch = () => {
 console.log("The term searched for was " + input.value);
})

Specifications

This event is not part of any specification.

Browser compatibility

Update compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`search` event Non-standard'	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 79	Firefox No support No	IE No support No	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support
Compatibility unknown: Compatibility unknown
Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.': Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.

HTMLInputElement: search event by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.