diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/header.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/header.scss
index 5a34132112a2bba0bc1d0154b555621bcd1b9e57..7f226b7920d2044e049ff64c06bec33b6288babf 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/header.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/header.scss
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ header {
         &:focus,
         &:active {
           background-color: $background-color;
+          color: darken($gl-icon-color, 50%);
         }
 
         .fa-caret-down {
@@ -191,6 +192,10 @@ header {
         font-size: 10px;
         text-align: center;
         cursor: pointer;
+
+        &:hover {
+          color: darken($color: $gl-text-color, $amount: 50%);
+        }
       }
 
       .project-item-select {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/search.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/search.scss
index b4761df3f2335832c7d2ae6c9a276cad97fac446..a0108bba6d9468ea36f64cebb68c223f0146a947 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/search.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/search.scss
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
     padding: 4px;
     width: $search-input-width;
     line-height: 24px;
+
+    &:hover {
+      border-color: lighten($dropdown-input-focus-border, 20%);
+      box-shadow: 0 0 4px lighten($search-input-focus-shadow-color, 20%);
+    }
   }
 
   .location-text {
@@ -153,6 +158,7 @@
       width: 68%;
     }
   }
+
 }
 
 .search-holder {
@@ -229,4 +235,5 @@
   &:focus {
     color: $gl-link-color;
   }
+
 }