I've got a skin that i'm creating from scratch in 4.09.01. The menu and search bar are on the same line with a three-pane layout below.

My issue is that when logged in, the admin and host menus will push the search bar off the line. And if there are too many pages on the top-level, they'll wrap down to the line.

Can I, in some way, alter the width of the menu for people who are logged in. So when you arrive at the site (logged out), the menu is 800px wide, when you log in as an admin or host user it expands to 1090px?

I'm using DNN Nav for my menu provider (silly i know, given the other options out there).

What I usually do is stick a menu that only shows if you have permissions. Unfortunately, we cannot specify permissions on SkinObjects (hint - hint), but this piece of code I found on the web works for me in my skins (modify as needed). I usually stick it right above the control panel, as shown below.

<% If DotNetNuke.Security.PortalSecurity.IsInRoles(PortalSettings.AdministratorRoleName) Or DotNetNuke.Security.Permissions.TabPermissionController.HasTabPermission("EDIT") Then%>
<div id="Admin">
 <dnn:NAV runat="server" id="navADMIN" ProviderName="DNNMenuNavigationProvider" IndicateChildren="True" ControlOrientation="Horizontal" PopulateNodesFromClient="false" CSSControl="adminmenu" />
</div>
<% End If%>
<div runat="server" id="ControlPanel"></div>