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HTML

<div class="jobs search mainbar">
                <form class="nice" method="GET" action="/search/">
                    <div>
                        <input type="hidden" name="ct" value="{{ query }}" />
                        <input name="q" id="search" class="input-text" multiple="multiple" placeholder="Search..." autocomplete="on" value="" >
                                
                        <button class="btn btn-success" type="submit">Search</button>
                    </div>
                </form>
                <div class="keywords">
                    <span style="color:#43474B; font-size: 12px;">Recent Searches:</span>
                    <div class="left" style="width:80%">
                        <div class="tag">
                            <a href="#">Example</a>
                        </div>
                        <div class="tag">
                            <a href="#">Test</a>
                        </div>
                        <div class="tag">
                            <a href="#">Query</a>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>

CSS

.input-text{
    color: #5D6969;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 14px;
    padding: 10px 12px;
    outline: none !important;
    box-shadow: inset 0 3px 8px -6px #333;
    -moz-box-shadow: inset 0 3px 8px -6px #333333;
    -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 3px 8px -6px #333;
}
.keywords{
    margin-top: 5px;
}
.tag{
    display: inline-block;
}
.tag a{
    cursor: pointer;
    color: #DDD;
    text-decoration: none;
    -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
    -moz-border-radius: 3px;
    border-radius: 3px;
    -moz-background-clip: padding;
    -webkit-background-clip: padding-box;
    background-color: #E4E4E4;
    filter: progid:dximagetransform.microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#f4f4f4', endColorstr='#eeeeee', GradientType=0);
    background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, color-stop(20%, #F4F4F4), color-stop(50%, #F0F0F0), color-stop(52%, #E8E8E8), color-stop(100%, #EEE));
    background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #F4F4F4 20%, #F0F0F0 50%, #E8E8E8 52%, #EEE 100%);
    background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #F4F4F4 20%, #F0F0F0 50%, #E8E8E8 52%, #EEE 100%);
    background-image: -o-linear-gradient(top, #F4F4F4 20%, #F0F0F0 50%, #E8E8E8 52%, #EEE 100%);
    background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #F4F4F4 20%, #F0F0F0 50%, #E8E8E8 52%, #EEE 100%);
    background-image: linear-gradient(top, #F4F4F4 20%, #F0F0F0 50%, #E8E8E8 52%, #EEE 100%);
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 2px white inset, 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
    -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 2px #ffffff inset, 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
    box-shadow: 0 0 2px white inset, 0 1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
    color: #333;
    border: 1px solid #AAA;
    line-height: 13px;
    padding: 3px 5px 3px 5px;
    margin: 3px 0 3px 5px;
    position: relative;
}

JavaScript

$('.tag').click(function(e){
    var tag = $(this).children().html();
    $('input').val(tag);
    e.preventDefault();
});