adding search icon to input box

Answer 1

Here's the CSS code that I'd use:

#add {
  padding: 17px;
  padding-left: 55px;
  width: 300px;
  border: 1px solid #f5f5f5;
  font-size: 13px;
  color: gray;
  background-image: url('http://i47.tinypic.com/r02vbq.png');
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: left center;
  outline: 0;
}

Note: I added a lot of extra codes to make the search box look better, the necessary code to make the search box apear is padding-left, background-image:url, background-repeat and background-position. Replace "http://i47.tinypic.com/r02vbq.png" with whatever search icon you want.

It's also important to know that now in HTML5, most browsers render

with a search icon. The input type search makes it a search box, with a "x" button to clear, and adding "results" also displays a search box. Of course you could also add an x button with CSS and JavaScript to a regular search box. It's also important to note that input type search allows very little styling. Demo on Safari on a Mac:

Tell me if this helps you, and make sure to mark as the answer. :)