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Does anyone else have this problem and know of a work around?
On a WebPart page, add a Search Box WebPart. Edit the properties of the WebPart and change the Query text box width (in pixels) option. I tried setting mine to 50, 300 and 500 and none of these values seem to change the way the text box looks on the page.
It seems the Search Box WebPart doesn't honor the value set in the TextBoxWidth attribute. Sometimes I feel like I'm a beta tester on a released product...
In 2007 there was a CSS style that could be overwritten for the input element. I just had a look and there is a CSS rule for the search input:
.s4-search INPUT.ms-sbplain { width: 194px !important }
I think you need to override this CSS rule to get the effect you want. Your CSS will have to be the last thing that is applied and you need the !important too. Maybe try a more 'direct' rule to override the core stuff e.g.:
#SRSB INPUT.ms-sbplain { width: XXXpx !important }
Have you trying to mofidy the width of the webpart itself, instead of the text box? The option is under "appearance."
Usually I can set width to be fixed (in general) through the UI like that.
-V
