This is a follow-up feature request from #3476.
@BWPanda
Would it be too far of a stretch to convert the blue 'Search' button to a magnifying-glass icon and position it, right-aligned, inside the search box?
@jenlampton
I am in support of this, but it would affect existing sites without supplemental css
@indigoxela
Here's example code from a contrib theme that makes the search box a "search bar".
but it would affect existing sites without supplemental css
Yeah, that's a good point. It could interfere with subthemes of Basis that implemented something similar.
@klonos
We could have a follow-up feature request, to add options to the search block, similar to those that we have for the menu blocks re the menu "style":
Quick mockup :


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