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diff --git a/doc/todo/Add_label_to_search_form_input_field.mdwn b/doc/todo/Add_label_to_search_form_input_field.mdwn
index 68e24b4d4..43810460f 100644
--- a/doc/todo/Add_label_to_search_form_input_field.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/Add_label_to_search_form_input_field.mdwn
@@ -18,4 +18,33 @@ The patch below adds a label for the field to improve usability:
 > sites, but so far the only way I've seen to do it is by inserting a
 > nasty lump of javascript. --[[Joey]]
 
+>> 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]]
+
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