How do I remove all default Webkit search field st

Question

By default, <input type="search" /> renders like a "native" search field on Mac OS X (rounded corners, clear button, etc.). I want to completely remove this custom styling so that the input looks identical to an equivalent text input (<input type="text" />), but while keeping the input type set to search.

I've tried -webkit-appearance: none;, which gets it very close...but there's something funny going on with margins/padding that I can't seem to override, which causes the width of the search field to render ~20px shorter than a text input.

Is there another -webkit- specific property I'm not aware of to totally disable the styling?

Answer 1

Try these stylings:

input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-decoration,
input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-cancel-button,
input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-results-button,
input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-results-decoration {
  -webkit-appearance:none;
}

Source: http://css-tricks.com/webkit-html5-search-inputs/#comment-82432

Answer 2

For those that still need to support IE, it's worth mentioning that you need an entirely different set of vendor styles to remove the '×' from Internet Explorer

Per the article Remove the X from Internet Explorer and Chrome input type search:

/* clears the 'X' from Internet Explorer */
input.hide-clear[type=search]::-ms-clear,
input.hide-clear[type=search]::-ms-reveal {
  display: none;
  width: 0;
  height: 0; 
}

/* clears the 'X' from Chrome */
input.hide-clear[type="search"]::-webkit-search-decoration,
input.hide-clear[type="search"]::-webkit-search-cancel-button,
input.hide-clear[type="search"]::-webkit-search-results-button,
input.hide-clear[type="search"]::-webkit-search-results-decoration {
  display: none; 
}

Demo in Stack Snippets & jsFiddle

label, input {display: block; margin-bottom: 1rem;}

/* clears the 'X' from Internet Explorer */
input.hide-clear[type=search]::-ms-clear,
input.hide-clear[type=search]::-ms-reveal {
  display: none;
  width: 0;
  height: 0; 
}

/* clears the 'X' from Chrome */
input.hide-clear[type="search"]::-webkit-search-decoration,
input.hide-clear[type="search"]::-webkit-search-cancel-button,
input.hide-clear[type="search"]::-webkit-search-results-button,
input.hide-clear[type="search"]::-webkit-search-results-decoration {
  display: none; 
}

<label >
  default
  <input type="search" value="query">  
</label>


<label >
  without x
  <input type="search" value="query" class="hide-clear" >  
</label>