Name

isindex — HTML 4.01

Synopsis

HTML: <isindex>; XHTML: <isindex/> or <isindex />

Marks the document as searchable. The server on which the document is located must have a search engine that supports this searching. The browser displays a text entry field and a generic line that says, “This is a searchable index. Enter search keywords.” The isindex element is not part of the form system and does not need to be contained within a form element.

Notes

Deprecated in HTML 4.01/XHTML 1.0. Not in HTML5. This method is outdated; more sophisticated searches can be handled with form elements.

Start/End Tags

This is an empty element. In HTML, the end tag is forbidden. In XHTML, the element must be closed with a trailing slash as just shown. Developers may include a space character before the slash for backward compatibility with older browsers.

Attributes

Core, Internationalization

prompt="text"

Provides alternate text (not the default) to be used as a query by the user.

Example

<isindex prompt="Enter your search term">

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