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This template creates a simple search box for all a page's subpages, like archives.
Simple {{search box}} creates a search box. The scope is all subpages of the tagged page, excluding that page itself.
{{search box
|root= /
|search-break=<yes|no>
|search-width=number
|search-button-label=text
}}
|root=User talk:Example/Archives will search all subpages of User talk:Example/Archives. The default is the current page name.noslash=yes.search-break=yes will insert a break between the search bar and search button. The default is no.{{search box |root=Wikipedia:FAQ |search-button-label=Search the FAQ}}
produces:
Example 2 with |search-width=:
{{search box
|root=User:Example
|search-width=22|search-button-label=Search User:Example's pages
}}
produces:
Example 3 with |style=:
{{search box
|root=User:Example
|search-button-label=Search User:Example's pages
|style=width: fit-content;
}}
produces:
Asearch link stores a query in a link that takes you to live search results for that stored search. They're found on user pages and talk pages. Use one to bring the full feature set of MediaWiki Search, or features of external search engines, to bear on users unfamiliar with their search parameters.
One type of search link is a wikilink with all the capabilities of Search (search box), and with standard wikilink syntax: [[Special:Search/query| label]]. So this search link will (1) navigate: [[Special:search/Wales]] → Special:search/Wales or (2) search: [[Special:search/~Wales | search/~Wales]] → search/~Wales if you prefix a ~ tilde character.
All other search links are made from a template that will build a URL instead of wikilink. A URL can for example can call off-site search engines to search Wikipedia.
Search boxes are made by <inputbox> tags. See mw:Extension:InputBox.
For searches with exact matches, exact in upper and lower cases, or in punctuation marks, see Help:Searching § grep.
(term) in parentheses; useful for Wikipedia:disambiguation study<inputbox>...</inputbox>
