How can I make the search bar wider?

Question

My search and address box are on the same line. But the search bar is just long enough to write in maybe three words.I'd like to extend it. Taking space from the address bar is fine because 'it' takes up half the browser length. Thanks.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== I placed theaddress and search bar on the same line as the menu.

Answer 1

If the location bar and search bar are next to each other then you can place the mouse between the location bar and search bar to resize both bars.
That only work if there is nothing between the two.
You can set a min-width for the search bar to force a larger search bar:
<pre><nowiki>@namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); /* only needed once */
#search-container {
min-width: 200px!important;
</nowiki></pre>
Add the code to [http://kb.mozillazine.org/UserChrome.css userChrome.css] below the @namespace line.
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Editing_configuration#How_to_edit_configuration_files