diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero-platform/mac/itembox.css b/chrome/content/zotero-platform/mac/itembox.css
index ec8c9d9d3b..b1f702e090 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero-platform/mac/itembox.css
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero-platform/mac/itembox.css
@@ -23,4 +23,10 @@ row > label:first-child, .creator-type-label
 	list-style-image: url('chrome://zotero/skin/mac/arrow-down.png');
 	max-width: 7px;
 	max-height: 7px;
+}
+
+textbox
+{
+	margin-top: -1px 0 -2px 0;
+	padding: 0;
 }
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diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero-platform/win/itembox.css b/chrome/content/zotero-platform/win/itembox.css
index 097418dc9f..9d3863b3b4 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero-platform/win/itembox.css
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero-platform/win/itembox.css
@@ -14,9 +14,4 @@ row vbox[fieldname],
 
 .creator-type-label image {
 	margin-bottom: 0;
-}
-
-textbox, tagsbox textbox
-{
-	margin-left: -2px;
 }
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diff --git a/chrome/skin/default/zotero/bindings/itembox.css b/chrome/skin/default/zotero/bindings/itembox.css
index af0688dd77..34376aafa4 100644
--- a/chrome/skin/default/zotero/bindings/itembox.css
+++ b/chrome/skin/default/zotero/bindings/itembox.css
@@ -8,19 +8,6 @@ row, tagsbox row
 	min-height: 1em;
 }
 
-textbox, tagsbox textbox
-{
-	margin-top: -1px;
-	margin-bottom: -2px;
-	margin-left: 0;
-}
-
-.textbox-input-box
-{
-	margin-left: 0px;
-	margin-right: 0px;
-}
-
 
 /* DEBUG: this doesn't seem to work, unfortunately
 label[singleField=false]:after
@@ -29,6 +16,17 @@ label[singleField=false]:after
 }
 */
 
+textbox
+{
+	padding: 2px 2px 2px 2px;
+	margin: -1px 0 -1px 1px;
+}
+
+textbox .textbox-input-box
+{
+	margin: 0;
+}
+
 /* metadata field names */
 row > label:first-child, .creator-type-label
 {