diff --git a/src/ui/findbar/khtmlfindbar.cpp b/src/ui/findbar/khtmlfindbar.cpp
--- a/src/ui/findbar/khtmlfindbar.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/findbar/khtmlfindbar.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
     m_findLinksOnly = m_incMenu->addAction(i18n("Find &links only"));
     m_findLinksOnly->setCheckable(true);
 
+    m_find->lineEdit()->setPlaceholderText(i18n("Find..."));
+    m_find->lineEdit()->setClearButtonEnabled(true);
+
     m_atEnd = false;
 
     m_find->setDuplicatesEnabled(false);
diff --git a/src/ui/findbar/khtmlfindbar_base.ui b/src/ui/findbar/khtmlfindbar_base.ui
--- a/src/ui/findbar/khtmlfindbar_base.ui
+++ b/src/ui/findbar/khtmlfindbar_base.ui
@@ -31,22 +31,6 @@
    <property name="bottomMargin" >
     <number>2</number>
    </property>
-   <item>
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="label" >
-     <property name="sizePolicy" >
-      <sizepolicy vsizetype="Preferred" hsizetype="Fixed" >
-       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-      </sizepolicy>
-     </property>
-     <property name="text" >
-      <string>F&amp;ind:</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="buddy" >
-      <cstring>m_find</cstring>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="KHistoryComboBox" name="m_find" >
      <property name="sizePolicy" >
@@ -63,7 +47,7 @@
      </property>
      <property name="maximumSize" >
       <size>
-       <width>180</width>
+       <width>16777215</width>
        <height>16777215</height>
       </size>
      </property>
@@ -90,66 +74,18 @@
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <spacer name="horizontalSpacer" >
-     <property name="orientation" >
-      <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sizeType" >
-      <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0" >
-      <size>
-       <width>14</width>
-       <height>26</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-    </spacer>
-   </item>
-   <item>
-    <widget class="QToolButton" name="m_options" >
+    <widget class="QPushButton" name="m_options" >
      <property name="text" >
       <string>Opt&amp;ions</string>
      </property>
      <property name="checkable" >
       <bool>false</bool>
      </property>
-     <property name="popupMode" >
-      <enum>QToolButton::InstantPopup</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="toolButtonStyle" >
-      <enum>Qt::ToolButtonTextOnly</enum>
-     </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item>
-    <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_2" >
-     <property name="orientation" >
-      <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0" >
-      <size>
-       <width>16</width>
-       <height>17</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-    </spacer>
-   </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="KSqueezedTextLabel" name="m_statusLabel" />
    </item>
-   <item>
-    <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_3" >
-     <property name="orientation" >
-      <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0" >
-      <size>
-       <width>16</width>
-       <height>17</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-    </spacer>
-   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>