html - little 'x' in textfield input on the iphone in mobileSafari?

Question

I have been looking everywhere for this without any luck. If you go to google.com on the iphone when you focus in on the search field a little 'x' appears all the way in the right and if you touch it it clears the current value of the field. Anybody know how to accomplish this?

Answer 1

This is a special type of input developed by Apple and not approved by the W3C. If you use it, it works fine on browsers that don't recognize it.

<input type="search" name="q" />

There are other parameters, including domain name and search results so the user can use their search history. Google for how to use those.