Extension:SearchBox

This tag extension provides a way to add a search box to a page. This extension is intended to provide more functionality for people who are currently using the InputBox extension as a search box.

Adding a SearchBox
To add a SearchBox to a page, place a   tag to the page. Using XML style attributes, you can configure the SearchBox using many parameters

Installation

 * Copy the SearchBox folder into your extensions directory.
 * Add the line require_once "{$IP}/extensions/SearchBox/SearchBox.php"; to LocalSettings.php.
 * Add a   tag to any page you wish to use the extension on.

Parameters
This extension is configurable using XML style attributes, like so...  The following parameters may be set to customize your search box.

Label
Inserted before the text input box. This parameter is passed through the wiki text parser. * default:	'' * format:	string * example:	'Search this wiki for:'

SearchLabel
Applied as the value of the search button * default:	internationalized message * format:	string * example:	'Find It!'

GoLabel
Applied as the value of the go button * default:	internationalized message * format:	string * example:	'Go!'

Hide
A list of elements to hide * default:	'' * format:	List of comma delimited names: input | go | search | namespaces * example:	'go'

NamespacesLabel
Inserted before the list of namespace checkboxes * default:	internationalized message * format:	string * example:	'Namespaces to search:'

Namespaces
If there is more than 1 valid namespace in this list, a list of checkboxes will be inserted after the text input box and before the search button, in place of the go button. This parameter is passed through the wiki text parser. * default:	'' * format: 	List of comma delimited names, items with ** in them are check by default * example:	'**Main,Special,User**'

Align
Applied to the entire box * default:	'center' * format:	'left' | 'center' | 'right' * example:	'left'

Style
CSS applied to the entire box * default:	'' * format:	inline CSS * example:	'border:1px solid red;'

Default
Applied as the value of the text input box * default:	'' * format:	string * example:	'something in particular'

Size
Applied as the width (in characters) of the text input box * default:	50 * format:	integer * example:	20

Width
Applied as the width (in pixels) of the text input box * default:	'auto' * format:	integer | 'auto' * example:	25

Spacing
Applied to all controls in the box as amount of space (in pixels) between them * default:	5 * format:	integer * example:	10