# HG changeset patch
# User John D
# Date 1425659661 18000
# Node ID b8ce2f42815c5e6d68cbe2d9451151bf9a294dee
# Parent  2b5cbea8f442b61aa0cc40fb088980dc109971af
gui: when search backward, start from beginning of previous text (Bug #44439)

* libgui/src/m-editor/find-dialog.cc
  (find_dialog::find): when search backward, start from beginning of previous text.

diff -r 2b5cbea8f442 -r b8ce2f42815c libgui/src/m-editor/find-dialog.cc
--- a/libgui/src/m-editor/find-dialog.cc	Fri Mar 06 12:56:55 2015 +0100
+++ b/libgui/src/m-editor/find-dialog.cc	Fri Mar 06 11:34:21 2015 -0500
@@ -290,11 +290,17 @@
         }
       else if (! do_forward)
         {
-           // search from previous character if search backward
+           // search from position before search characters text length
+           // if search backward on existing results,
            _edit_area->getCursorPosition (&line,&col);
-           int currpos = _edit_area->positionFromLineIndex(line,col);
-           if (currpos > 0) currpos --;
-           _edit_area->lineIndexFromPosition(currpos, &line,&col);
+           if (_find_result_available && _edit_area->hasSelectedText ())
+             {
+               int currpos = _edit_area->positionFromLineIndex(line,col);
+               currpos -= (_search_line_edit->text ().length ());
+               if (currpos < 0) 
+                 currpos = 0;
+               _edit_area->lineIndexFromPosition(currpos, &line,&col);
+             }
         }
     }