--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2006/11/29 19:33:29	1.476
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2006/11/29 22:02:47	1.478
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.476 2006/11/29 19:33:29 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.478 2006/11/29 22:02:47 www Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -1381,17 +1381,18 @@ sub select_form {
 
 sub display_filter {
     if (!$env{'form.show'}) { $env{'form.show'}=10; }
+    if (!$env{'form.displayfilter'}) { $env{'form.displayfilter'}='currentfolder'; }
     return '<nobr><label>'.&mt('Records [_1]',
 			       &Apache::lonmeta::selectbox('show',$env{'form.show'},undef,
 							   (&mt('all'),10,20,50,100,1000,10000))).
-	   '</label></nobr> <nobr><label>'.
+	   '</label></nobr> <nobr>'.
            &mt('Filter [_1]',
-	   &select_form(($env{'form.displayfilter'}?$env{'form.displayfilter'}:'currentfolder'),
-					'displayfilter',
-					('currentfolder' => 'Current folder',
-					 'containing' => 'Containing phrase',
-					 'none' => 'None'))).
-	   '<input type="text" name="containingphrase" size="30" /></label></nobr>';
+	   &select_form($env{'form.displayfilter'},
+			'displayfilter',
+			('currentfolder' => 'Current folder/page',
+			 'containing' => 'Containing phrase',
+			 'none' => 'None'))).
+			 '<input type="text" name="containingphrase" size="30" value="'.&HTML::Entities::encode($env{'form.containingphrase'}).'" /></nobr>';
 }
 
 sub gradeleveldescription {