diff --git a/common/content/liberator.xul b/common/content/liberator.xul
index d2e9429d..674970d6 100644
--- a/common/content/liberator.xul
+++ b/common/content/liberator.xul
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
             <textbox class="plain" id="liberator-message" flex="1" readonly="true" liberator:highlight="Normal"/>
             <hbox id="liberator-commandline" hidden="false" collapsed="true" class="liberator-container" liberator:highlight="Normal">
                 <label class="plain" id="liberator-commandline-prompt"  flex="0" crop="end" value="" collapsed="true"/>
-                <textbox class="plain" id="liberator-commandline-command" flex="1" type="timed" timeout="100"
+                <textbox class="plain" id="liberator-commandline-command" flex="1" type="search" timeout="100"
                     oninput="window.liberator &and; liberator.modules.commandline.onEvent(event);"
                     onkeyup="window.liberator &and; liberator.modules.commandline.onEvent(event);"
                     onfocus="window.liberator &and; liberator.modules.commandline.onEvent(event);"
diff --git a/common/skin/liberator.css b/common/skin/liberator.css
index ff67a8f5..f4d60dba 100644
--- a/common/skin/liberator.css
+++ b/common/skin/liberator.css
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ statusbarpanel {
 #liberator-commandline-command html|*:focus {
     outline-width: 0px !important
 }
+#liberator-commandline-command .textbox-search-icons {
+    visibility: collapse !important;
+}
 #liberator-message {
     margin: 0px;
 }