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Asked: 2026-06-09T21:56:32+00:00

I’m trying to get an div with image background to appear to the right

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I’m trying to get an div with image background to appear to the right of a text box. I have tried Float = none, left, right, I have tried position and even played with margins but nothing seems to get it to stay.

<div id="status" style="background-image:url(menubar/ajax-loader.gif); width:16px; height:16px; background-repeat:no-repeat; margin-left: 245px; margin-top: 2px;"></div>


<input name="strsearch" style="color:#333" type="text" id="strsearch" onKeyUp="Search(this.form)" value="Please enter your search criteria..." size="35" maxlength="75" onFocus="clearfield();" />
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  1. Editorial Team

    How’s that work for ya?

    <input name="strsearch" style="color:#333" type="text" id="strsearch" onKeyUp="Search(this.form)" value="Please enter your search criteria..." size="35" maxlength="75" onFocus="clearfield();" />

<div id="status" style="display:inline;background-image:url(menubar/ajax-loader.gif); width:16px; height:16px; background-repeat:no-repeat;padding-right:16px;"></div>​

    float left and right try to throw your element as far to one side of the container as possible. If you want the element on the right side of a second element, put it after the second element in your HTML. Also, divs are block elements. Block elements want to be on their own line. Use an inline element (like a span), or set the display css property to inline on a block element you don’t want on a new line.

    EDIT: Here it is as a span for ya

    <input name="strsearch" style="color:#333" type="text" id="strsearch" onKeyUp="Search(this.form)" value="Please enter your search criteria..." size="35" maxlength="75" onFocus="clearfield();" />

<span id="status" style="background-image:url(menubar/ajax-loader.gif); width:16px; height:16px; background-repeat:no-repeat;padding-right:16px;"></span>​
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