'VSCode Find / Replace History

New to VSCode and notice there's not a dropdown history of previous find/replace strings. I am also striking out on finding this functionality via extensions.

Most every editor I've ever used has had this, so I find its absence conspicuous.

I see exact and similar feature requests on github, but alas it could never get the required 20+ votes in time before it was closed. I was prepared to open another feature request, but the directions when opening a new feature request state

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so I'm uncertain of the protocol. Does this only mean active tickets?

The closed feature request garnered 9 votes, so there was some interest.



Solution 1:[1]

Use the up and down arrows. There is placeholder text to mention this - see the gif - but it is easy to miss. Not as nice as a dropdown though as you have to cycle through recent entiries.

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