diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/ItemPanel.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/ItemPanel.java
index d827f9be..255cc9ed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/ItemPanel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/ItemPanel.java
@@ -166,19 +166,30 @@ public class ItemPanel extends PanelWidget {
     }
 
     protected int resizeFooter(GuiContainer gui) {
-        if (!NEIClientConfig.showItemQuantityWidget()) return 0;
-
-        final int BUTTON_SIZE = 16;
+        if (!NEIClientConfig.showItemQuantityWidget() && NEIClientConfig.isSearchWidgetCentered()) return 0;
 
+        final int BUTTON_SIZE = 20;
         more.w = less.w = BUTTON_SIZE;
-        more.h = less.h = quantity.h = BUTTON_SIZE;
+        quantity.h = BUTTON_SIZE;
 
-        less.x = x;
-        more.x = x + w - BUTTON_SIZE;
-        more.y = less.y = quantity.y = y + h - BUTTON_SIZE;
+        if (NEIClientConfig.isSearchWidgetCentered()) {
+            more.h = less.h = BUTTON_SIZE;
+            more.x = x + w - BUTTON_SIZE;
+            more.y = less.y = quantity.y = y + h - BUTTON_SIZE;
+            less.x = x;
+            quantity.x = x + BUTTON_SIZE + 2;
+            quantity.w = more.x - quantity.x - 2;
+        } else {
+            quantity.x = (int) (x + (w * 0.7)) + 3;
+            quantity.y = y + h - BUTTON_SIZE;
+            quantity.w = (int) ((w * 0.3) - BUTTON_SIZE - 1);
 
-        quantity.x = x + BUTTON_SIZE + 2;
-        quantity.w = more.x - quantity.x - 2;
+            more.h = less.h = BUTTON_SIZE / 2;
+            more.y = y + h - (more.h * 2);
+
+            less.x = more.x = quantity.x + quantity.w;
+            less.y = more.y + more.h;
+        }
 
         return BUTTON_SIZE + 2;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/LayoutStyleMinecraft.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/LayoutStyleMinecraft.java
index eb40b12c..f1177591 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/LayoutStyleMinecraft.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/LayoutStyleMinecraft.java
@@ -127,8 +127,13 @@ public class LayoutStyleMinecraft extends LayoutStyle {
         presetsPanel.x = (gui.width - gui.xSize) / 2 + gui.xSize - presetsPanel.w;
 
         searchField.h = 20;
-        searchField.w = 150;
-        searchField.x = (gui.width - searchField.w) / 2;
+        if (NEIClientConfig.isSearchWidgetCentered()) {
+            searchField.w = 150;
+            searchField.x = (gui.width - searchField.w) / 2;
+        } else {
+            searchField.w = (int) (itemPanel.w * (NEIClientConfig.showItemQuantityWidget() ? 0.7 : 1));
+            searchField.x = itemPanel.x;
+        }
         searchField.y = gui.height - searchField.h - 2;
 
         if (!visiblity.showItemSection) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/NEIClientConfig.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/NEIClientConfig.java
index 30c030d9..15025876 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/NEIClientConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/NEIClientConfig.java
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ public class NEIClientConfig {
         tag.getTag("inventory.showItemQuantityWidget").setComment("Show Item Quantity Widget").getBooleanValue(true);
         API.addOption(new OptionToggleButton("inventory.showItemQuantityWidget", true));
 
+        tag.getTag("inventory.centerSearchWidget").setComment("Center Search Widget").getBooleanValue(true);
+        API.addOption(new OptionToggleButton("inventory.centerSearchWidget", true));
+
         tag.getTag("inventory.jei_style_tabs").setComment("Enable/disable JEI Style Tabs").getBooleanValue(true);
         API.addOption(new OptionToggleButtonBoubs("inventory.jei_style_tabs", true));
         tag.getTag("inventory.jei_style_item_presence_overlay")
@@ -554,6 +557,10 @@ public class NEIClientConfig {
         return getBooleanSetting("inventory.showItemQuantityWidget");
     }
 
+    public static boolean isSearchWidgetCentered() {
+        return getBooleanSetting("inventory.centerSearchWidget");
+    }
+
     public static boolean areJEIStyleTabsVisible() {
         return getBooleanSetting("inventory.jei_style_tabs");
     }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/nei/lang/en_US.lang b/src/main/resources/assets/nei/lang/en_US.lang
index 88019e7e..b8ade610 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/nei/lang/en_US.lang
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/nei/lang/en_US.lang
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ nei.options.inventory.showRecipeMarker.false=No
 nei.options.inventory.showItemQuantityWidget=Show Item Quantity Widget
 nei.options.inventory.showItemQuantityWidget.true=Yes
 nei.options.inventory.showItemQuantityWidget.false=No
+nei.options.inventory.centerSearchWidget=Center Search Widget
+nei.options.inventory.centerSearchWidget.true=Yes
+nei.options.inventory.centerSearchWidget.false=No
 nei.options.inventory.creative_tab_style=Creative or JEI tab style
 nei.options.inventory.creative_tab_style.true=Creative
 nei.options.inventory.creative_tab_style.false=JEI