> sites, but so far the only way I've seen to do it is by inserting a
> nasty lump of javascript. --[[Joey]]
-[[wishlist]]
+>> Please don't do that, it is a bad idea on so many levels :) See e.g.
+>> <http://universalusability.com/access_by_design/forms/auto.html> for
+>> an explanation why. --[[HenrikBrixAndersen]]
+
+>>> If you really want to do this, this is one way:
+
+ --- searchform.tmpl.orig Sat Aug 25 11:54:28 2007
+ +++ searchform.tmpl Sat Aug 25 11:56:19 2007
+ @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+ <form method="get" action="<TMPL_VAR SEARCHACTION>" id="searchform">
+ <div>
+ -<input type="text" name="phrase" value="" size="16" />
+ +<input type="text" name="phrase" value="Search" size="16" onfocus="this.value=''" />
+ <input type="hidden" name="enc" value="UTF-8" />
+ <input type="hidden" name="do" value="hyperestraier" />
+ </div>
+
+> That's both nasty javascript and fails if javascript is disabled. :-)
+> What I'd really like is a proper search label that appears above the
+> input box. There is free whitespace there, except for pages with very
+> long titles. Would someone like to figure out the CSS to make that
+> happen?
+>
+> The tricky thing is that the actual html for the form needs to
+> still come after the page title, not before it. Because the first thing
+> a non-css browser should show is the page title. But the only way I know
+> to get it to appear higher up is to put it first, or to use Evil absolute
+> positioning. (CSS sucks.) --[[Joey]]
+
+> Update: html5 allows just adding `placeholder="Search"` to the input
+> element. already works in eg, chromium. However, ikiwiki does not use
+> html5 yet. --[[Joey]]
+
+>> [[Done]], placeholder added, in html5 mode only.
+
+[[!tag wishlist bugs/html5_support]]