<style> #searchbox { background: url(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u0fEq-zSTYI/VD1gGDLy3aI/AAAAAAAAAhw/im3bcQd5wBM/s1600/search-box.png) no-repeat; height: 27px; width: 202px; } input:focus::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: transparent; } input:focus:-moz-placeholder { color: transparent; } input:focus::-moz-placeholder { color: transparent; } #searchbox input { outline: none; } #searchbox input[type="text"] { background: transparent; margin: 0px 0px 0px 12px; padding: 5px 0px 5px 0px; border-width: 0px; font-family: "Arial Narrow", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; width: 77%; color: #828282; display: inline-table; vertical-align: top; } #button-submit { background: url(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4OxjMRukhCM/VD1gBscpzII/AAAAAAAAAhk/TUxMSv7bCzA/s1600/search-button.png) no-repeat; border-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 30px; height: 25px; } #button-submit:hover { background: url(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GgNBTS_3FEA/VD1gBgm7RFI/AAAAAAAAAhg/flg6VijzW8E/s1600/search-button-hover.png) no-repeat; } #button-submit::-moz-focus-inner { border: 0; } </style> <form id="searchbox" method="get" action="/search" autocomplete="off"> <input name="q" type="text" size="15" placeholder="search..." /> <input id="button-submit" type="submit" value="" /> </form>