ESRI JS API Text into search widget

Using JSAPI 3.15

by Alex Azuero

HTML

<script src="https://js.arcgis.com/3.15/init.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/3.15/esri/css/esri.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.arcgis.com/3.15/dijit/themes/claro/claro.css">
<script type="text/javascript">
    var dojoConfig = {
        async: true
    };
</script>
<label for="mySearch">My custom search box:</label><input type="text" id="mySearch" class="mySearch" />
<label for="arbitraryBox">Another arbitrary box:</label><input type="text" id="arbitraryBox" class="arbitraryBox" />
<div id="search"></div>
<div id="map"></div>

CSS

body, html {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
#map {
    height: 600px;
    width: 100%;
    margin: 0px;
}

#search {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    z-index: 2;
    top: 70px;
    left: 74px;
}
.mySearch {
  margin: 10px;
}

JavaScript

require([
    'esri/arcgis/utils',
    "dojo/dom-construct",
    "dojo/on",
    "dojo/dom",
    "esri/dijit/Search"
], function (
        arcgisUtils, domConstruct, on, dom, Search
) {
    
    var createMapOptions = {
        mapOptions: {
            slider: true
        }
    };
    
    var webMapItemID = "623c6136154d4a1bbbfecab6f01c48a4";
    deferred = arcgisUtils.createMap(webMapItemID, "map", createMapOptions);

    deferred.then(function (response) {
        map = response.map;
        var s = new Search({
          map: map
        },"search");
        
        on(dom.byId('mySearch'), "focusout", function(evt) {
        	console.log("focusout", evt);
          s.set('value', dom.byId('mySearch').value);
        });
        
        
    }, function (error) {
        console.log("Error: ", error.code, " Message: ", error.message);
        deferred.cancel();
    });
});