Problem with Horizontal drop down CSS menu

css menu

[Goodboy]

Hello All,
I am new to this forum. i found this forum thru google. and you ppls are doing great work.

I am newbie to CSS, i am trying to create one webpage with horizonal css menu.

i took one from dynamic drive. it is working fine.

now my question is..

i would like to design then menu with searchbox in it.

like

All in single line...

Left side menu--- Search box --- right side menu

with common black background bar like in tudou site.

i dont know, how to create space for search box in the menu bar and to create right side menu.

i am in need of ur guidance to proceed. please help me

Thanks
Goodboy

[blueocto]

I think the best solution would be to place each item into its own div, i.e.

[div]left menu[/div] [div]search box[/div] [div]right menu[/div]
[clear div's]