diff --git a/webenginepart/src/ui/searchbar.h b/webenginepart/src/ui/searchbar.h
--- a/webenginepart/src/ui/searchbar.h
+++ b/webenginepart/src/ui/searchbar.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #define SEARCHBAR_P_H
 
 #include <QWidget>
+#include <QMenu>
 
 #include "ui_searchbar.h"
 
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@
 private:
     Ui::SearchBar m_ui;
     QPointer<QWidget> m_focusWidget;
+    QMenu *m_optionsMenu;
 };
 
 #endif // SEARCHBAR_P_H
diff --git a/webenginepart/src/ui/searchbar.cpp b/webenginepart/src/ui/searchbar.cpp
--- a/webenginepart/src/ui/searchbar.cpp
+++ b/webenginepart/src/ui/searchbar.cpp
@@ -44,9 +44,13 @@
 
     // Initialize the user interface...
     m_ui.setupUi(this);
-    m_ui.optionsButton->addAction(m_ui.actionMatchCase);
-    m_ui.optionsButton->addAction(m_ui.actionHighlightMatch);
-    m_ui.optionsButton->addAction(m_ui.actionSearchAutomatically);
+    m_optionsMenu = new QMenu();
+    m_optionsMenu->addAction(m_ui.actionMatchCase);
+    m_optionsMenu->addAction(m_ui.actionHighlightMatch);
+    m_optionsMenu->addAction(m_ui.actionSearchAutomatically);
+    m_ui.optionsButton->setMenu(m_optionsMenu);
+    m_ui.searchComboBox->lineEdit()->setPlaceholderText(i18n("Find..."));
+    m_ui.searchComboBox->lineEdit()->setClearButtonEnabled(true);
 
     setFocusProxy(m_ui.searchComboBox);
     
diff --git a/webenginepart/src/ui/searchbar.ui b/webenginepart/src/ui/searchbar.ui
--- a/webenginepart/src/ui/searchbar.ui
+++ b/webenginepart/src/ui/searchbar.ui
@@ -30,21 +30,11 @@
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item>
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="searchInfo">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string comment="label for input line to find text">&amp;Find:</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="buddy">
-      <cstring>searchComboBox</cstring>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="KHistoryComboBox" name="searchComboBox">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
-      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
-       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
+       <horstretch>10</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
@@ -89,15 +79,15 @@
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <widget class="QToolButton" name="optionsButton">
+    <widget class="QPushButton" name="optionsButton">
      <property name="toolTip">
       <string>Find the previous match for the current search phrase</string>
      </property>
      <property name="text">
       <string>&amp;Options</string>
      </property>
-     <property name="popupMode">
-      <enum>QToolButton::InstantPopup</enum>
+     <property name="icon">
+      <iconset theme="settings-configure" />
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>