Accessibility section of <input type='search'> should mention <search> rather than <form role='search'>

[jerclarke]

MDN URL

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/search

What specific section or headline is this issue about?

#search_form_labels_and_accessibility

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

It encourages you to use <form role='search'> for accessibility. It seems to me that this is no longer (and maybe was never) recommended.

What did you expect to see?

It seems to me that this should instead highlight the use of the <search> tag, maybe even by just linking, since the article about the search tag covers everything in detail:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/search#accessibility

Do you have any supporting links, references, or citations?

https://adrianroselli.com/2015/08/where-to-put-your-search-role.html

https://www.scottohara.me/blog/2023/03/24/search-element.html

Do you have anything more you want to share?

Thanks!

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• Folder: en-us/web/html/element/input/search
• MDN URL: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/input/search
• GitHub URL: https://github.com/mdn/content/blob/main/files/en-us/web/html/element/input/search/index.md
• Last commit: 5b20f5f
• Document last modified: 2024-12-19T15:37:45.000Z

[hamishwillee]

Thanks for posting. Makes a lot of sense. Probably also an update to https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/search_role