Spotlight Search Criteria not displaying

The usual Search Criteria options (the drop-down selection boxes for 'kind' and 'date) that usually appear below the search target bar when you click the plus-sign have disappeared. The space for the options drops down but inputs don't appear.
I have repaired the permissions and re index the hard-disk within spotlight, but no change. Any ideas?

This might help: Move this file to the Desktop and restart or log out and back in again. It's in your Home Folder Library. The system will create a new one automatically. The old one may be corrupt.
/Users/yourusername/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spotlight.plist
It may be necessary to restore your Spotlight settings in Sys Prefs after. Also, this might be a symptom of not enough free space on the drive. Do a getinfo (CMD-I) on the Macintosh HD folder. You should keep around 15%-20% free.

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