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5<appendix id="history"><title>History Text Fields</title>
6 <para>
7 The text fields in the search and replace dialog box
8 and the file system browser remember the last 20 entered strings by
9 default. The number of strings to remember can be changed in the
10 <guibutton>Appearance</guibutton> pane of the
11 <guimenu>Utilities</guimenu>><guimenuitem>Global Options</guimenuitem>
12 dialog box; see <xref linkend="appearance-pane" />.
13 </para>
14 <para>
15 Pressing <keycap>UP</keycap> recalls previous strings.
16 Pressing <keycap>DOWN</keycap> after recalling previous strings
17 recalls later strings.
18 </para>
19 <para>
20 Pressing <keycap>S+UP</keycap> or <keycap>S+DOWN</keycap>
21 will search backwards or forwards, respectively, for strings
22 beginning with the text already entered in the text field.
23 </para>
24 <para>
25 Clicking the triangle to the right of the text field, or
26 clicking with the right-mouse button anywhere else will display
27 a pop-up menu of all previously entered strings; selecting one will
28 input it into the text field. Holding down <keycap>Shift</keycap>
29 while clicking will display a menu of all previously entered
30 strings that begin with the text already entered.
31 </para>
32</appendix>