diff --git a/pd/nw/css/default.css b/pd/nw/css/default.css
index 654a727050dac4a3bb4733acdc0232ac3a5a1830..ab160832998f28992c959348ed6402028280aa66 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/default.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/default.css
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ mark.console_find_highlighted {
     width: 100%;
     height: 1em;
     padding: 0.2em;
+    padding-left:8px;
     background: silver;
     position: fixed;
     bottom: 0;
@@ -327,7 +328,9 @@ text {
 #canvas_find {
     width: 100%;
     height: 1em;
-    padding: 3px;
+    padding-top: 4px;
+    padding-left: 8px;
+    padding-bottom: 8px;
     background: silver;
     position: fixed;
     bottom: 0;
diff --git a/pd/nw/dialog_search.html b/pd/nw/dialog_search.html
index 0c0b0e7f689ceb6b90bc43d9875e833fc30d18ef..30c9aa36ee89c7ea6fe65390f24fc9f23cdde518 100644
--- a/pd/nw/dialog_search.html
+++ b/pd/nw/dialog_search.html
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ function toggle_find_bar() {
         find_bar_text = document.getElementById("console_find_text"),
         state = find_div.style.getPropertyValue("display");
     if (state !== "inline") {
+        find_div.style.setProperty("height", "1.4em");
         find_div.style.setProperty("display", "inline");
         window.setTimeout(function() {
                 find_bar_text.focus();
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ function toggle_find_bar() {
             }, 0);
     } else {
         find_div.style.setProperty("display", "none");
+        find_div.style.setProperty("height", "0em");
         // Blur focus so that the console_find keypress doesn't
         // receive our shortcut key
         find_div.blur();
diff --git a/pd/nw/index.js b/pd/nw/index.js
index 37d474c16daff1eaa6bc73db1cbc172fdd6755c8..d71bb4b6bf1312cf4d30719c9c360a4742e993ce 100644
--- a/pd/nw/index.js
+++ b/pd/nw/index.js
@@ -420,9 +420,9 @@ function nw_create_pd_window_menus(gui, w) {
                 text_container = w.document.getElementById("console_bottom"),
                 state = find_bar.style.getPropertyValue("display");
             if (state === "none") {
-                text_container.style.setProperty("bottom", "1.4em");
+                text_container.style.setProperty("bottom", "1.6em");
                 find_bar.style.setProperty("display", "inline");
-                find_bar.style.setProperty("height", "1em");
+                find_bar.style.setProperty("height", "1.2em");
                 // Don't do the following in logical time so that the
                 // console_find keypress event won't receive this shortcut key
                 window.setTimeout(function() {