diff -p -up krusader-2.0.0/krusader/Dialogs/newftpgui.cpp.orig krusader-2.0.0/krusader/Dialogs/newftpgui.cpp
--- krusader-2.0.0/krusader/Dialogs/newftpgui.cpp.orig	2009-04-11 22:40:12.000000000 +0300
+++ krusader-2.0.0/krusader/Dialogs/newftpgui.cpp	2009-07-26 03:39:04.920093535 +0300
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ newFTPGUI::newFTPGUI( QWidget* parent )
     grid_layout->addWidget( url );
     //url->setMaximumHeight( 20 );
     url->setMaxCount( 25 );
+    url->setMinimumContentsLength(10);
     url->setDuplicatesEnabled( false );
     connect( url, SIGNAL( activated( const QString& )),
              url, SLOT( addToHistory( const QString& )));
diff -p -up krusader-2.0.0/krusader/Dialogs/packguibase.cpp.orig krusader-2.0.0/krusader/Dialogs/packguibase.cpp
--- krusader-2.0.0/krusader/Dialogs/packguibase.cpp.orig	2009-04-11 22:40:12.000000000 +0300
+++ krusader-2.0.0/krusader/Dialogs/packguibase.cpp	2009-07-26 03:39:45.919093425 +0300
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ PackGUIBase::PackGUIBase( QWidget* paren
     commandLineSwitches = new KHistoryComboBox( advancedWidget );
     commandLineSwitches->setMaxCount(25);  // remember 25 items
     commandLineSwitches->setDuplicatesEnabled(false);
+    commandLineSwitches->setMinimumContentsLength(10);
+
     QStringList list = group.readEntry("Command Line Switches", QStringList() );
     commandLineSwitches->setHistoryItems(list);
 
diff -p -up krusader-2.0.0/krusader/Filter/generalfilter.cpp.orig krusader-2.0.0/krusader/Filter/generalfilter.cpp
--- krusader-2.0.0/krusader/Filter/generalfilter.cpp.orig	2009-04-11 22:40:19.000000000 +0300
+++ krusader-2.0.0/krusader/Filter/generalfilter.cpp	2009-07-26 03:42:02.319093530 +0300
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ GeneralFilter::GeneralFilter ( FilterTab
 	searchFor->setEditable ( true );
 	searchFor->setDuplicatesEnabled ( false );
 	searchFor->setMaxCount ( 25 );
+	searchFor->setMinimumContentsLength(10);
 	searchForLabel->setBuddy ( searchFor );
 	nameGroupLayout->addWidget ( searchFor, 0, 1, 1, 2 );
 
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ GeneralFilter::GeneralFilter ( FilterTab
 	containsText->setSizePolicy ( containsTextPolicy );
 	containsText->setDuplicatesEnabled ( false );
 	containsText->setMaxCount ( 25 );
+	containsText->setMinimumContentsLength(10);
 	containsTextLayout->addWidget ( containsText );
 	containsLabel->setBuddy ( containsText );
 	
diff -p -up krusader-2.0.0/krusader/GUI/kcmdline.cpp.orig krusader-2.0.0/krusader/GUI/kcmdline.cpp
--- krusader-2.0.0/krusader/GUI/kcmdline.cpp.orig	2009-04-11 22:40:18.000000000 +0300
+++ krusader-2.0.0/krusader/GUI/kcmdline.cpp	2009-07-26 03:41:02.119092788 +0300
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ KCMDLine::KCMDLine( QWidget *parent ) : 
   completion.setMode( KUrlCompletion::FileCompletion );
   cmdLine = new KrHistoryCombo( this );
   cmdLine->setMaxCount(100);  // remember 100 commands
+  cmdLine->setMinimumContentsLength(10);
   cmdLine->setDuplicatesEnabled( false );
   cmdLine->setFont( KGlobalSettings::generalFont() );
   cmdLine->setMaximumHeight( height );
diff -p -up krusader-2.0.0/krusader/Locate/locate.cpp.orig krusader-2.0.0/krusader/Locate/locate.cpp
--- krusader-2.0.0/krusader/Locate/locate.cpp.orig	2009-04-11 22:40:16.000000000 +0300
+++ krusader-2.0.0/krusader/Locate/locate.cpp	2009-07-26 03:40:19.432095775 +0300
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ LocateDlg::LocateDlg() : KDialog( 0 ), i
   hbox->addWidget( label );
 
   locateSearchFor = new KHistoryComboBox( false, hboxWidget );
+  locateSearchFor->setMinimumContentsLength(10);
   hbox->addWidget( locateSearchFor );
 
   label->setBuddy( locateSearchFor );