function search() { var input, filter, list, listElement, details, i, txtValue; input = document.getElementById('searchInput'); filter = input.value.toUpperCase(); list = document.getElementById("referenceList"); listElement = list.getElementsByTagName('li'); for (i = 0; i < listElement.length; i++) { details = listElement[i].getElementsByTagName("details")[0]; txtValue = details.textContent || details.innerText; if (txtValue.toUpperCase().indexOf(filter) > -1) { listElement[i].style.display = ""; } else { listElement[i].style.display = "none"; } } }