How to make Fluid in width round corner search box using image with IE7 and 8 compatibility?

Question

How to make Fluid in width round corner search box using image with IE7 and 8 compatibility?

I need to make like this search box. I know i can make it similar using CSS3, but I need to achieve this for IE to so I will use and image. I have fixed width search box using images but How to achieve when width of search box should be flexible.

Answer 1

1. oldschool: slice you image into 3 parts. 1. left corner 2. middle part (flexible) 3. right corner. Great article on that topic: A list Apart

2. use css3pie , it works great, I use it myself.