Expanding search bar over links

Question

I am trying to have a search input that expands on focus and at the same time hides the other content in the parent div.

see it here: http://jsfiddle.net/QF7ra/2/

It sort of works, but I need the parent div to remain the same size throughout.

thanks, g

Answer 1

This: http://jsfiddle.net/pVmWE/