diff --git a/wp-admin/categories.php b/wp-admin/categories.php
index ee86f9094..50c073f2a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/categories.php
+++ b/wp-admin/categories.php
@@ -119,8 +119,16 @@ $messages[4] = __('Category not added.');
 $messages[5] = __('Category not updated.');
 ?>
 
-<?php if (isset($_GET['message'])) : ?>
-<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><?php echo $messages[$_GET['message']]; ?></p></div>
+<form class="search-form" action="" method="get">
+	<p id="category-search" class="search-box">
+		<label class="hidden" for="category-search-input"><?php _e('Search Categories'); ?></label>
+		<input type="text" id="category-search-input" class="search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
+		<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Categories' ); ?>" class="button" />
+	</p>
+</form>
+
+<?php if ( isset($_GET['message']) && ( $msg = (int) $_GET['message'] ) ) : ?>
+<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><?php echo $messages[$msg]; ?></p></div>
 <?php $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = remove_query_arg(array('message'), $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
 endif; ?>
 
@@ -128,12 +136,6 @@ endif; ?>
 <form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
 	<h2><?php printf( current_user_can('manage_categories') ? __('Categories (<a href="%s">Add New</a>)') : __('Manage Tags'), '#addcat' ); ?></h2>
 
-<p id="category-search" class="search-box">
-	<label class="hidden" for="category-search-input"><?php _e('Search Categories'); ?></label>
-	<input type="text" id="category-search-input" class="search-input" name="s" value="<?php echo attribute_escape(stripslashes($_GET['s'])); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Categories' ); ?>" class="button" />
-</p>
-
 <br class="clear" />
 
 <div class="tablenav">
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/widgets.css b/wp-admin/css/widgets.css
index 526013faa..ffcbbd27d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/widgets.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/widgets.css
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@ div#available-widgets-filter {
 	border-bottom-style: solid;
 }
 
-p#widget-search {
-	position: absolute;
-	right: 0;
-	top: 0;
-	margin: 0;
-}
-
 ul#widget-list {
 	list-style: none;
 	margin: 0;
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
index 08812e9c0..66817495c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ $search_dirty = ( isset($_GET['s']) ) ? $_GET['s'] : '';
 $search = attribute_escape( $search_dirty );
 ?>
 
+<form class="search-form" action="" method="get">
+	<p id="comment-search" class="search-box">
+		<label class="hidden" for="comment-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Comments' ); ?></label>
+		<input type="text" id="comment-search-input" class="search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
+		<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Comments' ); ?>" class="button" />
+	</p>
+</form>
+
 <?php
 if ( isset( $_GET['approved'] ) || isset( $_GET['deleted'] ) || isset( $_GET['spam'] ) ) {
 	$approved = isset( $_GET['approved'] ) ? (int) $_GET['approved'] : 0;
@@ -128,12 +136,6 @@ unset($status_links);
 ?>
 </ul>
 
-<p id="comment-search" class="search-box">
-	<label class="hidden" for="comment-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Comments' ); ?></label>
-	<input type="text" id="comment-search-input" class="search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Comments' ); ?>" class="button" />
-</p>
-
 <input type="hidden" name="mode" value="<?php echo $mode; ?>" />
 <input type="hidden" name="comment_status" value="<?php echo $comment_status; ?>" />
 </form>
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php b/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php
index 283a6107b..62b028658 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php
@@ -56,9 +56,19 @@ $messages[3] = __('Category updated.');
 $messages[4] = __('Category not added.');
 $messages[5] = __('Category not updated.');
 $messages[6] = __('Categories deleted.');
+?>
 
-if (isset($_GET['message'])) : ?>
-<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><?php echo $messages[$_GET['message']]; ?></p></div>
+<form class="search-form" action="" method="get">
+	<p id="link-category-search" class="search-box">
+		<label class="hidden" for="link-category-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Categories' ); ?></label>
+		<input type="text" id="link-category-search-input" class="search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
+		<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Categories' ); ?>" class="button" />
+	</p>
+</form>
+
+<?php
+if ( isset($_GET['message']) && ( $msg = (int) $_GET['message'] ) ) : ?>
+<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><?php echo $messages[$msg]; ?></p></div>
 <?php $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = remove_query_arg(array('message'), $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
 endif; ?>
 
@@ -67,12 +77,6 @@ endif; ?>
 <form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
 	<h2><?php printf( current_user_can('manage_categories') ? __('Link Categories (<a href="%s">Add New</a>)') : __('Manage Tags'), '#addcat' ); ?></h2>
 
-<p id="link-category-search" class="search-box">
-	<label class="hidden" for="link-category-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Categories' ); ?></label>
-	<input type="text" id="link-category-search-input" class="search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Categories' ); ?>" class="button" />
-</p>
-
 <br class="clear" />
 
 <div class="tablenav">
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
index e58628e50..afa7387ae 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ if ( is_singular() ) {
 require_once('admin-header.php');
 
 ?>
+
+<form class="search-form" action="" method="get">
+	<p id="page-search" class="search-box">
+		<label class="hidden" for="page-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Pages' ); ?></label>
+		<input type="text" id="page-search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
+		<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Pages' ); ?>" class="button" />
+	</p>
+</form>
+
 <div class="wrap">
 <form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
 
@@ -138,12 +147,6 @@ if ( isset($_GET['posted']) && $_GET['posted'] ) : $_GET['posted'] = (int) $_GET
 endif;
 ?>
 
-<p id="page-search" class="search-box">
-	<label class="hidden" for="page-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Pages' ); ?></label>
-	<input type="text" id="page-search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Pages' ); ?>" class="button" />
-</p>
-
 <div class="tablenav">
 
 <?php
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-tags.php b/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
index a2e4fde6c..b5ea0695c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
@@ -125,8 +125,16 @@ $messages[5] = __('Tag not updated.');
 $messages[6] = __('Tags deleted.');
 ?>
 
-<?php if (isset($_GET['message'])) : ?>
-<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><?php echo $messages[$_GET['message']]; ?></p></div>
+<form class="search-form" action="" method="get">
+	<p id="tag-search" class="search-box">
+		<label class="hidden" for="tag-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Tags' ); ?></label>
+		<input type="text" id="tag-search-input" class="search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
+		<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Tags' ); ?>" class="button" />
+	</p>
+</form>
+
+<?php if ( isset($_GET['message']) && ( $msg = (int) $_GET['message'] ) ) : ?>
+<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><?php echo $messages[$msg]; ?></p></div>
 <?php $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = remove_query_arg(array('message'), $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
 endif; ?>
 
@@ -135,12 +143,6 @@ endif; ?>
 <form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
 	<h2><?php printf( current_user_can('manage_categories') ? __('Tags (<a href="%s">Add New</a>)') : __('Manage Tags'), '#addtag' ); ?></h2>
 
-<p id="tag-search" class="search-box">
-	<label class="hidden" for="tag-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Tags' ); ?></label>
-	<input type="text" id="tag-search-input" class="search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Tags' ); ?>" class="button" />
-</p>
-
 <br class="clear" />
 
 <div class="tablenav">
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit.php b/wp-admin/edit.php
index a822fd2d1..8894534bb 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit.php
@@ -71,6 +71,14 @@ else
 	$mode = attribute_escape($_GET['mode']);
 ?>
 
+<form class="search-form" action="" method="get">
+	<p id="post-search" class="search-box">
+		<label class="hidden" for="post-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Posts' ); ?></label>
+		<input type="text" id="post-search-input" class="search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
+		<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Posts' ); ?>" class="button" />
+	</p>
+</form>
+
 <div class="wrap">
 
 <form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
@@ -154,12 +162,6 @@ if ( isset($_GET['posted']) && $_GET['posted'] ) : $_GET['posted'] = (int) $_GET
 endif;
 ?>
 
-<p id="post-search" class="search-box">
-	<label class="hidden" for="post-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Posts' ); ?></label>
-	<input type="text" id="post-search-input" class="search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Posts' ); ?>" class="button" />
-</p>
-
 <input type="hidden" name="mode" value="<?php echo $mode; ?>" />
 
 <ul class="view-switch">
diff --git a/wp-admin/link-manager.php b/wp-admin/link-manager.php
index 5eb86882e..7bdd2b6d4 100644
--- a/wp-admin/link-manager.php
+++ b/wp-admin/link-manager.php
@@ -71,7 +71,17 @@ switch ($order_by) {
 		$sqlorderby = 'name';
 		break;
 }
+?>
 
+<form class="search-form" action="" method="get">
+	<p id="link-search" class="search-box">
+		<label class="hidden" for="link-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Links' ); ?></label>
+		<input type="text" id="link-search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
+		<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Links' ); ?>" class="button" />
+	</p>
+</form>
+
+<?php
 if ( isset($_GET['deleted']) ) {
 	echo '<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p>';
 	$deleted = (int) $_GET['deleted'];
@@ -86,12 +96,6 @@ if ( isset($_GET['deleted']) ) {
 <form id="links-filter" action="" method="get">
 <h2><?php printf( __('Links (<a href="%s">Add New</a>)' ), 'link-add.php' ); ?></h2>
 
-<p id="link-search" class="search-box">
-	<label class="hidden" for="link-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Links' ); ?></label>
-	<input type="text" id="link-search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Links' ); ?>" class="button" />
-</p>
-
 <br class="clear" />
 
 <div class="tablenav">
diff --git a/wp-admin/upload.php b/wp-admin/upload.php
index c3b07ad63..29b4ca5a9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/upload.php
+++ b/wp-admin/upload.php
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ if ( !isset( $_GET['paged'] ) )
 
 ?>
 
+<form class="search-form" action="" method="get">
+	<p id="media-search" class="search-box" >
+		<label class="hidden" for="media-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Media' ); ?></label>
+		<input type="text" id="media-search-input" class="search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
+		<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Media' ); ?>" class="button" />
+	</p>
+</form>
+
 <div class="wrap">
 
 <form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
@@ -139,12 +147,6 @@ if (isset($_GET['message'])) : ?>
 endif;
 ?>
 
-<p id="media-search" class="search-box" >
-	<label class="hidden" for="media-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Media' ); ?></label>
-	<input type="text" id="media-search-input" class="search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Media' ); ?>" class="button" />
-</p>
-
 <?php do_action('restrict_manage_posts'); ?>
 
 <div class="tablenav">
diff --git a/wp-admin/users.php b/wp-admin/users.php
index 2f5ac5f0b..67bd4ab88 100644
--- a/wp-admin/users.php
+++ b/wp-admin/users.php
@@ -207,51 +207,55 @@ default:
 	
 	// Query the users
 	$wp_user_search = new WP_User_Search($usersearch, $userspage, $role);
-
+	
+	$messages = array();
 	if ( isset($_GET['update']) ) :
 		switch($_GET['update']) {
 		case 'del':
 		case 'del_many':
-		?>
-			<?php $delete_count = isset($_GET['delete_count']) ? (int) $_GET['delete_count'] : 0; ?>
-			<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><?php printf(__ngettext('%s user deleted', '%s users deleted', $delete_count), $delete_count); ?></p></div>
-		<?php
+			$delete_count = isset($_GET['delete_count']) ? (int) $_GET['delete_count'] : 0;
+			$messages[] = '<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p>' . sprintf(__ngettext('%s user deleted', '%s users deleted', $delete_count), $delete_count) . '</p></div>';
 			break;
 		case 'add':
-		?>
-			<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><?php _e('New user created.'); ?></p></div>
-		<?php
+			$messages[] = '<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p>' . __('New user created.') . '</p></div>';
 			break;
 		case 'promote':
-		?>
-			<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><?php _e('Changed roles.'); ?></p></div>
-		<?php
+			$messages[] = '<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p>' . __('Changed roles.') . '</p></div>';
 			break;
 		case 'err_admin_role':
-		?>
-			<div id="message" class="error"><p><?php _e("The current user's role must have user editing capabilities."); ?></p></div>
-			<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><?php _e('Other user roles have been changed.'); ?></p></div>
-		<?php
+			$messages[] = '<div id="message" class="error"><p>' . __("The current user's role must have user editing capabilities.") . '</p></div>';
+			$messages[] = '<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p>' . __('Other user roles have been changed.') . '</p></div>';
 			break;
 		case 'err_admin_del':
-		?>
-			<div id="message" class="error"><p><?php _e("You can't delete the current user."); ?></p></div>
-			<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><?php _e('Other users have been deleted.'); ?></p></div>
-		<?php
+			$messages[] = '<div id="message" class="error"><p>' . __("You can't delete the current user.") . '</p></div>';
+			$messages[] = '<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p>' . __('Other users have been deleted.') . '</p></div>';
 			break;
 		}
 	endif; ?>
 
+<form class="search-form" action="" method="get">
+	<p id="user-search" class="search-box">
+	<label class="hidden" for="user-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Users' ); ?></label>
+	<input type="text" id="user-search-input" class="search-input" name="usersearch" value="<?php echo attribute_escape($wp_user_search->search_term); ?>" />
+	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Users' ); ?>" class="button" />
+	</p>
+</form>
+
 <?php if ( isset($errors) && is_wp_error( $errors ) ) : ?>
 	<div class="error">
 		<ul>
 		<?php
-			foreach ( $errors->get_error_messages() as $message )
-				echo "<li>$message</li>";
+			foreach ( $errors->get_error_messages() as $err )
+				echo "<li>$err</li>\n";
 		?>
 		</ul>
 	</div>
-<?php endif; ?>
+<?php endif; 
+
+if ( ! empty($messages) ) {
+	foreach ( $messages as $msg )
+		echo $msg;
+} ?>
 
 <div class="wrap">
 <form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
@@ -300,12 +304,6 @@ unset($role_links);
 ?>
 </ul>
 
-	<p id="user-search" class="search-box">
-	<label class="hidden" for="user-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Users' ); ?></label>
-	<input type="text" id="user-search-input" class="search-input" name="usersearch" value="<?php echo attribute_escape($wp_user_search->search_term); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Users' ); ?>" class="button" />
-	</p>
-
 <div class="tablenav">
 
 <?php if ( $wp_user_search->results_are_paged() ) : ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/widgets.php b/wp-admin/widgets.php
index 0909ded81..46a19cb37 100644
--- a/wp-admin/widgets.php
+++ b/wp-admin/widgets.php
@@ -101,9 +101,6 @@ if ( $http_post && isset($sidebars_widgets[$_POST['sidebar']]) ) {
 	exit;
 }
 
-
-
-
 // What widget (if any) are we editing
 $edit_widget = -1;
 
@@ -225,17 +222,22 @@ $show_values = array(
 
 $show = isset($_GET['show']) && isset($show_values[$_GET['show']]) ? attribute_escape( $_GET['show'] ) : false;
 
-
 $messages = array(
 	'updated' => __('Changes saved.')
 );
 
-require_once( 'admin-header.php' );
+require_once( 'admin-header.php' ); ?>
 
-if ( isset($_GET['message']) && isset($messages[$_GET['message']]) ) : ?>
+<form class="search-form" action="" method="get">
+	<p id="widget-search" class="search-box">
+		<label class="hidden" for="widget-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Widgets' ); ?></label>
+		<input type="text" id="widget-search-input" class="search-input" name="s" value="<?php echo attribute_escape( $widget_search ); ?>" />
+		<input type="submit" class="button" value="<?php _e( 'Search Widgets' ); ?>" />
+	</p>
+</form>
 
+<?php if ( isset($_GET['message']) && isset($messages[$_GET['message']]) ) : ?>
 <div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><?php echo $messages[$_GET['message']]; ?></p></div>
-
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 <div class="wrap">
@@ -243,11 +245,6 @@ if ( isset($_GET['message']) && isset($messages[$_GET['message']]) ) : ?>
 	<form id="widgets-filter" action="" method="get">
 
 	<h2><?php _e( 'Widgets' ); ?></h2>
-	<p id="widget-search" class="search-box">
-		<label class="hidden" for="widget-search-input"><?php _e( 'Search Widgets' ); ?></label>
-		<input type="text" id="widget-search-input" class="search-input" name="s" value="<?php echo attribute_escape( $widget_search ); ?>" />
-		<input type="submit" class="button" value="<?php _e( 'Search Widgets' ); ?>" />
-	</p>
 
 	<div class="widget-liquid-left-holder">
 	<div id="available-widgets-filter" class="widget-liquid-left">
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index 35f493c57..8c01d9ca4 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -1547,8 +1547,8 @@ p#big-add-button .button {
 
 p.search-box {
 	position: absolute;
-	right: 0;
-	top: -64px;
+	right: 15px;
+	top: 52px;
 	margin: 0;
 }