css - How do I remove all default Webkit search field styling?

Question

By default, <input type="search" /> renders like a "native" search field on Mac OS X (rounded corners, clear button, etc.). I want to completely remove this custom styling so that the input looks identical to an equivalent text input (<input type="text" />), but while keeping the input type set to search.

I've tried -webkit-appearance: none;, which gets it very close...but there's something funny going on with margins/padding that I can't seem to override, which causes the width of the search field to render ~20px shorter than a text input.

Is there another -webkit- specific property I'm not aware of to totally disable the styling?

Answer 1

Try these stylings:

input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-decoration,
input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-cancel-button,
input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-results-button,
input[type="search"]::-webkit-search-results-decoration {
  -webkit-appearance:none;
}

Source: http://css-tricks.com/webkit-html5-search-inputs/#comment-82432