CSS - How to make search box full height inside menu bar? - html

Question

I was trying to make this category search box to fill the heigh of of the menu bar, but I was not able to make it work and be the same height.
How can I achieve this? What I'm missing? Thanks in advance.
Here is the code:
.fa {
line-height: 1em;
}
ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background-color: black;
}
/*hack stack-overflow*/
ul::after {
display: block;
clear: both;
content: "";
}
li {
display: inline-block;
}
li.left {
float: left;
border-right: 1px solid white;
}
li.right {
float: right;
border-left: 1px solid white;
}
li a {
display: inline-block;
color: white;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
}
li span {
display: inline-block;
color: white;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
}
li a:hover {
background-color: gray;
}
li span:hover {
background-color: gray;
}
li#login {
position: relative;
}
li#login form {
display: none;
position: absolute;
z-index: 999;
background-color: gray;
padding: 20px;
border-radius: 20px 0px 20px 20px;
right: 0;
box-shadow: 5px 5px 5px black;
}
li#login:hover form {
display: block;
}
input.login_field {
margin: 10px;
}
#submit-div {
text-align: center;
}
#form-wrapper {
width: 100%;
height: 40px;
}
.nav-list {
padding: 10px 25px 10px 5px;
position: relative;
float: left;
border: 1px solid orange;
border-top-left-radius: 4px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;
}
#dropdown {
cursor: pointer;
position: absolute;
height: 40px;
left: 0;
top: 0;
border-top-left-radius: 4px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;
border: 1px solid orange;
}
#dropdown:hover {
background-color: lightgray;
}
.current-selection {
display: inline-block;
font-size: 14px;
}
.in-wrap {
overflow: hidden;
height: 100%;
}
#search-box {
width: 100%;
min-width: 400px;
height: 36px;
border: 1px solid orange;
border-left: none;
border-right: none;
line-height: 25px;
font-size: 18px;
padding-left: 100px;
}
#search-box:focus {
outline: none;
}
.go-button {
float: right;
height: 100%;
background-color: orange;
border: 1px solid orange;
border-top-right-radius: 4px;
border-bottom-right-radius: 4px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0 15px;
}
.go-button:hover {
background-color: #ff7300;
cursor: pointer;
}
<link href="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/4.4.0/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<nav class="menu">
<ul>
<li class="left"><a class="fa fa-home" href="index.jsp"> Home</a>
</li>
<li class="left"><a class="fa fa-shopping-cart" href="#home"> Carrello</a>
</li>
<li class="left"><span id="totale" class="fa fa-money"> €0</span>
</li>
<li id="search" class="left">
<div id="form-wrapper">
<button class="go-button fa fa-search"></button>
<span class="nav-list">
<span class="current-selection">
</span>
<select id="dropdown">
<option value="books-and-ebooks">Books & eBooks</option>
<option value="audiobooks">Audiobooks</option>
<option value="dvds">DVDs</option>
<option value="other-resources">Other Resources</option>
<option value="random">Random</option>
</select>
</span>
<div class="in-wrap">
<input type="text" name="query" id="search-box">
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="right"><a class="fa fa-user-plus" href=""> Signup</a>
</li>
<li id="login" class="right">
<a class="fa fa-sign-in" href=""> Login</a>
<form id="login_form" action="login" method="post">
<input id="login_username" class="login_field" name="username" type="text" placeholder="username" />
<br />
<input id="login_password" class="login_field" name="password" type="password" placeholder="password" />
<br />
<div id="submit-div">
<input type="submit" value="login" />
</div>
</form>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>

Answer 1

Well... It seems that your CSS is a bit messy to achieve the rendering you want. If I were you, I'll try to simplify it first...
Moreover, on the provided sample, we can not know the targeted rendering: You want to decrease height of the menu bar, or increase height of the search box?
Below a CSS sample (taken from yours) where search box height is increased to fit the menu bar's height. A not good looking CSS, as a lot of sizes are hardcoded here....
.fa {
line-height: 1em;
}
ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background-color: black;
}
/*hack stack-overflow*/
ul::after {
display: block;
clear: both;
content: "";
}
li {
display: inline-block;
}
li.left {
float: left;
border-right: 1px solid white;
}
li.right {
float: right;
border-left: 1px solid white;
}
li a {
display: inline-block;
color: white;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
}
li span {
display: inline-block;
color: white;
text-align: center;
padding: 14px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
}
li a:hover {
background-color: gray;
}
li span:hover {
background-color: gray;
}
li#login {
position: relative;
}
li#login form {
display: none;
position: absolute;
z-index: 999;
background-color: gray;
padding: 20px;
border-radius: 20px 0px 20px 20px;
right: 0;
box-shadow: 5px 5px 5px black;
}
li#login:hover form {
display: block;
}
input.login_field {
margin: 10px;
}
#submit-div {
text-align: center;
}
#form-wrapper {
width: 100%;
height: 44px;
}
.nav-list {
padding: 5px 25px 5px 5px;
position: relative;
float: left;
border: 1px solid orange;
border-top-left-radius: 4px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;
}
#dropdown {
cursor: pointer;
position: absolute;
height: 43px;
left: 0;
top: 0;
border-top-left-radius: 4px;
border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;
border: 1px solid orange;
}
#dropdown:hover {
background-color: lightgray;
}
.current-selection {
display: inline-block;
font-size: 14px;
}
.in-wrap {
overflow: hidden;
height: 100%;
}
#search-box {
width: 100%;
min-width: 400px;
height: 40px;
border: 1px solid orange;
border-left: none;
border-right: none;
line-height: 25px;
font-size: 18px;
padding-left: 100px;
}
#search-box:focus {
outline: none;
}
.go-button {
float: right;
height: 100%;
background-color: orange;
border: 1px solid orange;
border-top-right-radius: 4px;
border-bottom-right-radius: 4px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0 15px;
}
.go-button:hover {
background-color: #ff7300;
cursor: pointer;
}