Lertaro

History ​

The History settings page manages usage frequency, typed search terms, and confirmed query-to-target associations across three independent tabs: Search History, Keyword History, and Query Associations.

1. Search History ​

Search History tracks how often and recently you open each file, folder, or application so direct matches break ties intelligently:

  • Decayed Frecency Tie-Breaking: Frequently opened items refine order within the same match grade using a 90-day half-life decay, without letting stale opens leapfrog an exact direct title or filename match.
  • Inline Window Grouping: Inside file dialogs, matching items within the active folder appear under "Current Folder", while others appear under "Global Search".
  • Dead Link Filtering: If an indexed path is moved or deleted, Lertaro automatically skips missing entries, guaranteeing unique rows.
  • Management Controls:
    • Enable History: Master toggle; existing entries are retained when disabled. New entries are not added, while reopening an existing entry refreshes its recency.
    • Search Filter: Narrows the visible history list by keyword.
    • Usage Counts & Cleanup: Each row shows how many times it has been opened. Choose a threshold and click Clear with at most N uses to remove low-use entries, or remove individual rows and click Clear All History to wipe everything.
    • Live Updates: The list refreshes automatically when another search window records a new launch.

2. Keyword History ​

Keyword History remembers the raw query strings that were actually used to execute a result or action, or to open the Full Window. Merely typing a query and dismissing or leaving the Quick Window does not add it:

  • Hotkey Navigation: Inside the Quick Window, press Alt+Up / Alt+Down to cycle backward and forward through recent queries. Press Ctrl+Delete to delete the currently active term.
  • Usage Counts & Cleanup: Each keyword shows how many times it has been used. Choose a threshold and click Clear with at most N uses to remove low-use keywords.
  • Independent Maintenance: Includes its own Enable History toggle, search filter, single-entry deletion, and Clear All History button. When disabled, existing keywords still accumulate usage counts, while new keywords are not added.

3. Query Associations ​

Query Associations stores confirmed query → target path habits separately from general path frequency:

  • 3-Open Confirmation Threshold: An item is recalled for a non-matching query only after you organically open it at least 3 times for that normalized query, preventing one-off misclicks from polluting future searches.
  • No Feedback Loops & Monotonic Placement: Launching an item from learned recall alone never self-reinforces unconfirmed counts, excludes Low-priority cache paths, and always places learned recall after direct matches.
  • Independent Cleanup: Filter, delete individual associations, or clear all learned associations at any time without resetting your path usage counts.