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<appendix id="history"><title>History Text Fields</title>
 <para>
  The text fields in the search and replace dialog box
  and file system browser remember the last 20 entered strings by
  default. The number of strings to remember can be changed in the
  <guibutton>General</guibutton> pane of the
  <guimenu>Utilities</guimenu>&gt;<guimenuitem>Global Options</guimenuitem>
  dialog box; see <xref linkend="global-opts" />.
 </para>
 <para>
  Pressing <keycap>Up</keycap> recalls previous strings.
  Pressing <keycap>Down</keycap> after recalling previous strings
  recalls later strings.
 </para>
 <para>
  Pressing <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>Up</keycap></keycombo>
  or <keycombo><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>Down</keycap></keycombo>
  will search backwards or forwards, respectively, for strings
  beginning with the text already entered in the text field.
 </para>
 <para>
  Clicking the triangle to the right of the text field, or
  clicking with the right-mouse button anywhere else will display
  a pop-up menu of all previously entered strings; selecting one will
  input it into the text field. Holding down <keycap>Shift</keycap>
  while clicking will display a menu of all previously entered
  strings that begin with the text already entered.
 </para>
</appendix>