To stylize the search/text box, following code will give nice effect. An image is used in the background of search box. CSS is pretty simple. 🙂
.newsearch {
border: 1px solid #ccc;
color: #bbbbbb;
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
background: url(button_search.png) no-repeat 1px 1px;
height: 20px;
padding-left: 22px;
}
Give correct class name to the search box and thats all.
This is the image used in the background.
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