Clicking on word instead of icon for search

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At my organisation's site (www.eteam.org) we have a magnifying glass
which the user clicks on to perform a search.
Is it at all possible (if you look at the source code) to have the
search start when you click on the word "search"?

Many thanks if anyone has any code that will help.

 

[Kris]

At my organisation's site (www.eteam.org) we have a magnifying glass
which the user clicks on to perform a search.
Is it at all possible (if you look at the source code) to have the
search start when you click on the word "search"?

Many thanks if anyone has any code that will help.

<input type="submit" value="search">
Click on the word "search".

 

[David Dorward]

Will this be a button?
Yes

I would like people to click on the word "search"
that changes when you roll-over it.

Then style it.

http://tom.me.uk/scripting/submit.asp

 

[Adrienne]

Will this be a button? I would like people to click on the word "search"
that changes when you roll-over it.
Is this the same?

The search link now apparently does nothing. The magnifying glass is
actually a submit button that submits a query to Atomz.

You could make the search link into a input type submit and style it
accordingly, just be sure that it is within the form element. However,
this might be confusing for visitors as most people input a query and hit
something NEXT to the input box, not above it.

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Then style it.

Or stop wanting that.

Links are links - references to pages and other resources. Buttons are
for actions, such as conducting a search with user-supplied input.
Although there are some borderline cases, the distinction is for most
practical purposes very clear, unless authors mess it up.