--- a/browser/browser/preferences/preferences.ftl
+++ b/browser/browser/preferences/preferences.ftl
@@ -8,16 +8,24 @@ do-not-track-option-default =
     .label = Samo kada koristim zaštitu od praćenja
 do-not-track-option-always =
     .label = Uvijek
 pref-page =
     .title = { PLATFORM() ->
             [windows] Mogućnosti
            *[other] Postavke
         }
+# This is used to determine the width of the search field in about:preferences,
+# in order to make the entire placeholder string visible
+#
+# Notice: The value of the `.style` attribute is a CSS string, and the `width`
+# is the name of the CSS property. It is intended only to adjust the element's width.
+# Do not translate.
+search-input =
+    .style = width: 15.4em
 pane-general-title = Osnovno
 category-general =
     .tooltiptext = { pane-general-title }
 pane-search-title = Traži
 category-search =
     .tooltiptext = { pane-search-title }
 pane-privacy-title = Privatnost i sigurnost
 category-privacy =