<search> element specification draft with <form> functionality

search-element-specification.md

Specification draft

Categories:

• Flow content.
• Palpable content.

Contexts in which this element can be used:

• Where flow content is expected, but not within another search or form element.

Content model:

• Flow content, but with no search or form element descendants.

Tag omission in text/html:

• Neither tag is omissible.

Content attributes:

• Global attributes
• form attributes
• action — URL to use for form submission
  • unspecified to disable implicit form submission upon pressing ENTER.
  • empty string or whitespace only to use the URL of the form's document (the URL's query part is replaced).

DOM interface:

• Uses HTMLFormElement, as defined for form elements.

TBD: explainer + example.