<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1251" />
<title>Поле ввода</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
min-width:500px;
}
#left_div {
background-image:url(bg_left.png);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
height:50px;
border:solid 3px #f00;
width:70%;
}
#right_div {
background-image:url(bg_right.png);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position:right;
height:50px;
clear:both;
}
#field_carrier {
float:left;
width:67%;
}
#button_carrier {
float:right;
}
.field {
margin:5px;
height:34px;
width:100%;
font-size:large;
border:none;
}
.button {
margin:0px 5px;
font-size:x-large;
height:50px;
width:87px;
border:none;
background-image:url(bg_button.png);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="left_div">
<div id="right_div">
<div id="field_carrier">
<input class="field" type="text" value="очень очень очень очень очень очень длинная строка поиска" />
</div>
<div id="button_carrier">
<input class="button" type="submit" value="найти" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
<div class="gradient">
<div id="left_div">
<div id="right_div">
...
</div>
</div>
</div>
.gradient { background:url(...) repeat-x 0 0 }