diff --git a/pd/nw/css/default.css b/pd/nw/css/default.css
index 2d6bb56838f0a217b7b183946d07324b88cbaf42..ed8400c07ffefd4e4914acb1bc83b7e5a748a667 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/default.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/default.css
@@ -497,8 +497,8 @@ text {
 #canvas_find {
     width: 100%;
     height: 1em;
-    padding-top: 4px;
-    padding-left: 8px;
+    padding-top: 2px;
+    padding-left: 2px;
     padding-bottom: 8px;
     background: silver;
     position: fixed;
diff --git a/pd/nw/pd_canvas.html b/pd/nw/pd_canvas.html
index 5b6da1ff2d362252e9e38dbd5d5a75b087490679..70ed419a9d4a0743f173ef276bcc151048cc241c 100644
--- a/pd/nw/pd_canvas.html
+++ b/pd/nw/pd_canvas.html
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@
                     defaultValue="Search in Canvas"
                     style="width:10em"/>
       </label>
-      <label><span data-i18n="canvas.find.whole_word"></span>
-        <input type="checkbox"
+      <label><span data-i18n="canvas.find.whole_word"
+          style="margin-left: 7px;  margin-right: -3px;"></span>
+          <input type="checkbox"
                id="canvas_find_whole_word"
                name="canvas_find_whole_word"
-               onchange="canvas_find_whole_word(this);"/> 
+               onchange="canvas_find_whole_word(this);"
+               style="position: relative; top: 2px; margin-right: 5px;"/> 
       </label>
       <button type="button"
               id="canvas_find_button"