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	<title>MediaWiki/archive/customizing/searchbox - Revision history</title>
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	<updated>2026-07-01T21:19:42Z</updated>
	<subtitle>Revision history for this page on the wiki</subtitle>
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	<entry>
		<id>https://htyp.org/mw/index.php?title=MediaWiki/archive/customizing/searchbox&amp;diff=23352&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Woozle: Woozle moved page modifying the MediaWiki searchbox to MediaWiki/archive/customizing/searchbox without leaving a redirect: obsolete</title>
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		<updated>2017-12-14T22:55:09Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Woozle moved page &lt;a href=&quot;/mw/index.php?title=modifying_the_MediaWiki_searchbox&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; class=&quot;new&quot; title=&quot;modifying the MediaWiki searchbox (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;modifying the MediaWiki searchbox&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;/MediaWiki/archive/customizing/searchbox&quot; title=&quot;MediaWiki/archive/customizing/searchbox&quot;&gt;MediaWiki/archive/customizing/searchbox&lt;/a&gt; without leaving a redirect: obsolete&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 22:55, 14 December 2017&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-notice&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;mw-diff-empty&quot;&gt;(No difference)&lt;/div&gt;
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		<author><name>Woozle</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://htyp.org/mw/index.php?title=MediaWiki/archive/customizing/searchbox&amp;diff=5147&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Woozle: /* {{hide|navbar}} */ navbar tweaks</title>
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		<updated>2006-08-23T14:12:58Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;autocomment&quot;&gt;{{hide|navbar}}: &lt;/span&gt; navbar tweaks&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;col class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; /&gt;
				&lt;col class=&quot;diff-content&quot; /&gt;
				&lt;col class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; /&gt;
				&lt;col class=&quot;diff-content&quot; /&gt;
				&lt;tr class=&quot;diff-title&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 14:12, 23 August 2006&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=={{hide|navbar}}==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;=={{hide|navbar}}==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{web software|MediaWiki}}: [[MediaWiki customization|customization]]: [[modifying the MediaWiki searchbox]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{web software|MediaWiki}}: [[MediaWiki customization|customization]]: [[modifying the MediaWiki searchbox]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Notes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Notes==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The key which modifies both the title of the search form and the text on the button is &amp;quot;search&amp;quot; ([[MediaWiki:search]]). In order to change one without changing the other, find the following code in MonoBook.php (and any other skins you want to work the same way):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The key which modifies both the title of the search form and the text on the button is &amp;quot;search&amp;quot; ([[MediaWiki:search]]). In order to change one without changing the other, find the following code in MonoBook.php (and any other skins you want to work the same way):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Woozle</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://htyp.org/mw/index.php?title=MediaWiki/archive/customizing/searchbox&amp;diff=5146&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Woozle: post-move tweaks</title>
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		<updated>2006-08-23T14:11:19Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;post-move tweaks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122;&quot; data-mw=&quot;interface&quot;&gt;
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				&lt;col class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; /&gt;
				&lt;col class=&quot;diff-content&quot; /&gt;
				&lt;tr class=&quot;diff-title&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 14:11, 23 August 2006&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{web software|MediaWiki}}: [[MediaWiki &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Customization&lt;/del&gt;|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Customization&lt;/del&gt;]]: [[&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Modifying &lt;/del&gt;the MediaWiki &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Searchbox&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;=={{hide|navbar}}==&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{web software|MediaWiki}}: [[MediaWiki &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;customization&lt;/ins&gt;|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;customization&lt;/ins&gt;]]: [[&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;modifying &lt;/ins&gt;the MediaWiki &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;searchbox&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;==Notes==&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The key which modifies both the title of the search form and the text on the button is &amp;quot;search&amp;quot; ([[MediaWiki:search]]). In order to change one without changing the other, find the following code in MonoBook.php (and any other skins you want to work the same way):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The key which modifies both the title of the search form and the text on the button is &amp;quot;search&amp;quot; ([[MediaWiki:search]]). In order to change one without changing the other, find the following code in MonoBook.php (and any other skins you want to work the same way):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Woozle</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://htyp.org/mw/index.php?title=MediaWiki/archive/customizing/searchbox&amp;diff=5144&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Woozle: Modifying the MediaWiki Searchbox moved to modifying the MediaWiki searchbox</title>
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		<updated>2006-08-23T14:09:25Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Modifying the MediaWiki Searchbox moved to modifying the MediaWiki searchbox&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122;&quot; data-mw=&quot;interface&quot;&gt;
				&lt;tr class=&quot;diff-title&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 14:09, 23 August 2006&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-notice&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;mw-diff-empty&quot;&gt;(No difference)&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Woozle</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://htyp.org/mw/index.php?title=MediaWiki/archive/customizing/searchbox&amp;diff=2034&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Woozle: didn&#039;t get imported to Customizations page</title>
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		<updated>2005-10-14T10:41:52Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;didn&amp;#039;t get imported to Customizations page&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{web software|MediaWiki}}: [[MediaWiki Customization|Customization]]: [[Modifying the MediaWiki Searchbox]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The key which modifies both the title of the search form and the text on the button is &amp;quot;search&amp;quot; ([[MediaWiki:search]]). In order to change one without changing the other, find the following code in MonoBook.php (and any other skins you want to work the same way):&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;div id=&amp;quot;p-search&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;portlet&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	  &amp;lt;h5&amp;gt;&amp;lt;label for=&amp;quot;searchInput&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;?php $this-&amp;gt;msg(&amp;#039;search&amp;#039;) ?&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/label&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/h5&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	  &amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;pBody&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	    &amp;lt;form name=&amp;quot;searchform&amp;quot; action=&amp;quot;&amp;lt;?php $this-&amp;gt;text(&amp;#039;searchaction&amp;#039;) ?&amp;gt;&amp;quot; id=&amp;quot;searchform&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	      &amp;lt;input id=&amp;quot;searchInput&amp;quot; name=&amp;quot;search&amp;quot; type=&amp;quot;text&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
	        &amp;lt;?php if($this-&amp;gt;haveMsg(&amp;#039;accesskey-search&amp;#039;)) {&lt;br /&gt;
	          ?&amp;gt;accesskey=&amp;quot;&amp;lt;?php $this-&amp;gt;msg(&amp;#039;accesskey-search&amp;#039;) ?&amp;gt;&amp;quot;&amp;lt;?php }&lt;br /&gt;
	        if( isset( $this-&amp;gt;data[&amp;#039;search&amp;#039;] ) ) {&lt;br /&gt;
	          ?&amp;gt; value=&amp;quot;&amp;lt;?php $this-&amp;gt;text(&amp;#039;search&amp;#039;) ?&amp;gt;&amp;quot;&amp;lt;?php } ?&amp;gt; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	      &amp;lt;input type=&amp;#039;submit&amp;#039; name=&amp;quot;go&amp;quot; class=&amp;quot;searchButton&amp;quot; id=&amp;quot;searchGoButton&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
	        value=&amp;quot;&amp;lt;?php $this-&amp;gt;msg(&amp;#039;go&amp;#039;) ?&amp;gt;&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
	        /&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;input type=&amp;#039;submit&amp;#039; name=&amp;quot;fulltext&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
	        class=&amp;quot;searchButton&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
	        value=&amp;quot;&amp;lt;?php $this-&amp;gt;msg(&amp;#039;search&amp;#039;) ?&amp;gt;&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	    &amp;lt;/form&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	  &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
	&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Modify the last &amp;quot;value=&amp;quot; line:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;value=&amp;quot;&amp;lt;?php $this-&amp;gt;msg(&amp;#039;searchbutton&amp;#039;) ?&amp;gt;&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Then set [[Mediawiki:searchbutton]] to the text you want on the button.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Woozle</name></author>
	</entry>
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