Move the cursor for input text to the right

Question

I want the the point at which a user types text into a textfield to be moved to the right without moving the margin of the text field to the right. I want this because

Answer 1

Padding is what you are looking for.

.search-box{padding-left: 25px;}

Answer 2

input {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    padding-left: 10px;
    width: 200px;
}

<input type="text" />

Answer 3

I would definately use

text-indent: 20px;

=)