See my HTML below. I want the search bar in the upper right corner to be wider and in general just control its width. I tried to merge with the grid, since this seems like a way out, however, none of the things I tried really managed to change the width of the search bar itself.
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta.2/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-PsH8R72JQ3SOdhVi3uxftmaW6Vc51MKb0q5P2rRUpPvrszuE4W1povHYgTpBfshb" crossorigin="anonymous">
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/less.js/2.7.2/less.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://use.fontawesome.com/6e0448e881.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-dark bg-dark">
<a class="navbar-brand" href="#">Navbar</a>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse">
<ul class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
<li class="nav-item">
<a class="nav-link" href="#">Link</a>
</li>
</ul>
<ul class="navbar-nav ml-auto">
<li class="searchbar">
<form class="form-inline my-2 my-lg-0" method="get">
<div class="dropdown">
<input name="q" id="qbox" data-toggle="dropdown" type="search" class="form-control" placeholder="Search" autofocus="autofocus" autocomplete="off" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"/>
<div id="search_results" class="dropdown-menu" role="menu" aria-labelledby="qbox">
<div>a</div>
<div>b</div>
<div>c</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</li>
<li class="usericon">
<button class="btn" id="login_dropdown" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">
Log in
</button>
<div class="dropdown-menu dropdown-menu-right" aria-labelledby="login_dropdown">
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Action</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Another action</a>
<a class="dropdown-item" href="#">Something else here</a>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
<style>
.searchbar .dropdown-menu {
left: initial;
}
div#search_results {
width: 100%;
}
</style>
</div>
</nav>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.12.3/umd/popper.min.js" integrity="sha384-vFJXuSJphROIrBnz7yo7oB41mKfc8JzQZiCq4NCceLEaO4IHwicKwpJf9c9IpFgh" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.0.0-beta.2/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha384-alpBpkh1PFOepccYVYDB4do5UnbKysX5WZXm3XxPqe5iKTfUKjNkCk9SaVuEZflJ" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
</body>
</html>
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