> That is explained in a previous post.

Not really why the search history list is insufficient though. The OP gives an 
anti-use-case. I would state the usefulness for this enhancement more 
positively as: 

> It's convenient to leave the find dialog open since it's non-modal (similar 
> concept of popular find bars in-window). When you are about to search for 
> something, it's helpful when it can automatically be the term you're focussed 
> on/cursor at/selected (Geany even does it for you if you press Esc to hide 
> the dialog before performing next search). Sometimes I want to re-find the 
> same thing as I did last time when I press Ctrl+F, so it's helpful that Geany 
> keeps a search history right in the search text field so after I press 
> Ctrl+F, I can use the arrow keys to navigate through my previous searches, 
> causing only one-keystroke to bring up my last search. Geany is smart enough 
> to only add words I actually searched for to the history so it doesn't get 
> clogged with stuff I never wanted to search for that it filled in 
> automatically.

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