[Vacman]

Update for people running 4.5.5:

First, I will acknowledge that this is not ideal. I still have not figured out how to get this where I want it - but at least it works.

Ideally, I would love to see this in the black bar at the top of the page to the right of the Goodies tab and under the Search Keywords input box. If you can figure it out, please post it here.

1. Make a new file and place it in the the /skin/common_files/admin directory. I called mine my_search.tpl.
2. Copy the above posted code for whatever search stuff you want.
3. Edit the /common_files/single/menu_box.tpl and on the very last line in that file put :
{include file="admin/my_search.tpl"}

That is it! Its ugly - I know this already. But it works.