CSS searchbox not rendering as expected - css

Question

Any idea why my search box comes out all buggy looking like this:
Instead of like this:
Here is my HTML code:
<form class="searchform">
<input class="searchfield" type="text" value="Search..." onfocus="if (this.value == 'Search...') {this.value = '';}" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Search...';}" />
<input class="searchbutton" type="button" value="Go" />
</form>
CSS
#header {
background-color: #F1F1F1;
height: 50px;
border-bottom:1px solid #E1E1E1;
margin: 0px auto;
}
#header_content {
width: 980px;
margin: 0px auto;
padding-top: 8px;
}
#header_logo {
padding-right: 20px;
float:left;
}
.searchform {
display: inline-block;
zoom: 1; /* ie7 hack for display:inline-block */
*display: inline;
border: solid 1px #d2d2d2;
padding: 3px 5px;
-webkit-border-radius: 2em;
-moz-border-radius: 2em;
border-radius: 2em;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 0px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 0px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
box-shadow: 0 1px 0px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
background: #f1f1f1;
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#fff), to(#ededed));
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fff, #ededed);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#ededed'); /* ie7 */
-ms-filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#ffffff', endColorstr='#ededed'); /* ie8 */
}
.searchform input {
font: normal 12px/100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
.searchform, .searchfield {
background: #fff;
padding: 6px 6px 6px 8px;
width: 202px;
border: solid 1px #bcbbbb;
outline: none;
-webkit-border-radius: 2em;
-moz-border-radius: 2em;
border-radius: 2em;
-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
}
.searchform .searchbutton {
color: #fff;
border: solid 1px #494949;
font-size: 11px;
height: 27px;
width: 27px;
text-shadow: 0 1px 1px rgba(0,0,0,.6);
-webkit-border-radius: 2em;
-moz-border-radius: 2em;
border-radius: 2em;
background: #5f5f5f;
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#9e9e9e), to(#454545));
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #9e9e9e, #454545);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#9e9e9e', endColorstr='#454545'); /* ie7 */
-ms-filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#9e9e9e', endColorstr='#454545'); /* ie8 */
}
Full demo at: http://jsfiddle.net/FBVL2/

Answer 1

.searchform is not wide enough.
.searchform {
width: 250px;
}
http://jsfiddle.net/FBVL2/3/
Reason has something to do with CSS box model.

Answer 2

You're setting the container to be the same size as the search field. This means there's no space for anything else. You need to have a the input be box padding + input margin + button margin + button width.
Set the #searchform to 250px wide, and the input to 200px wide.
demo

Answer 3

The search form input takes up the whole box, this came out what I'd call perfect.
.searchform input {
font: normal 12px/100% Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
width: 75%;
}

Answer 4

The problem is just this:
.searchform, .searchfield
background: #fff;
padding: 6px 6px 6px 8px;
width: 202px;
border: solid 1px #bcbbbb;
outline: none;
-webkit-border-radius: 2em;
-moz-border-radius: 2em;
border-radius: 2em;
-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
}
Just remove .searchform
.searchfield {
background: #fff;
padding: 6px 6px 6px 8px;
width: 202px;
border: solid 1px #bcbbbb;
outline: none;
-webkit-border-radius: 2em;
-moz-border-radius: 2em;
border-radius: 2em;
-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2);
}
For me with this changes is working well.