The Isindex element tells the browser that the document is an index document. While reading it, the reader may use a keyword search. The document can be queried with a keyword search by adding a question mark to the end of the document address, followed by a list of keywords separated by plus signs.
<ISINDEX
CLASS=Style Sheet class name
ID=value
LANG=language
LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBSCRIPT | VBS
STYLE=styling
TITLE=text content
PROMPT=text
>
Parameter |
Description |
CLASS |
Class of the tag being defined. This is used to associate a subclassed style sheet with the tag. |
ID |
SGML identifier used as the target for hypertext links or for naming particular elements in associated style sheets. Valid ID values must begin with a letter. The underscore character, "_", may be used in the ID name. The ID should be unique throughout the scope of the document. If more than one object with the same identifier exists in a document, a collection of those named items is created that can only be referenced by ordinal position. |
LANG |
Specifies which language to use in ISO standard language abbreviation form. |
LANGUAGE |
Specifies the language the current script is written in and invokes the
proper scripting engine. The default value is JAVASCRIPT. |
STYLE |
Inline style sheet for the tag. |
TITLE |
The TITLE attribute is for advisory information (unless used with a mailto: attribute). The Title attribute should provide the title of the document whose address is given by the HREF attribute. The contents of the title attribute will be displayed in a tooltip during the mouse moves on the link. Internet Explorer 4.0 (and above) is the only browser to implement this. |
PROMPT |
Specifies a text prompt message for the input field. This allows any author to choose message to replace the default text of : "This is a searchable index. Enter search keywords." |
<ISINDEX> is no longer supported by Internet Explorer from version 4.0.
<ISINDEX ACTION="websearch">
<ISINDEX PROMPT="Any_text_string : ">
With HTML 4 this element will be deprecated, with INPUT recommended for use instead.