Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 99470
changing search direction needs a second go
Last modified: 2013-08-07 14:38:26 UTC
Open a new document and type these lines: foo foo then place the cursor at the very beginning (i.e. before the firs "f"), open the "find" window, enter "foo" in the "search for" input field, and hit twice the "find" button. The second "foo" will be selected. Then press "more options" in the search window, and check "backwards". Thus press "find" ... nothing happens! You have to press it again to make it move on.
I checked with "Ooo 3.0.1 (DE) Multilingual version GERMAN UI WIN XP: [OOO300m15 (Build 9379)]" and can confirm the reported effect, but I do not see a DEFECT, because borsotti's "... nothing happens" investigation is wrong: When a search result has been found, the search result will be highlighted, and the caret will be placed behind the search result. After you found the second "foo", changed the search direction to backwards and pressed search, the search process will find the second "foo" and place th caret in front of the found and highlighted word. So everything works as expected, I can't see any defect. May be here remains an enhancement request to spare the step "move caret from end of word to the beginning of the word", but this would have very very low priority. I recommend the close this issue WONTFIX.
The "search forward" and "search backwards" button on the navigator window work as expected (much the same as most of the other applications in the world, Firefox for one), and do not have the defect I have filed. I understand the explanation regarding the movement of the cursor, but all the same the behavior is not intuitive, and is not consistent with that of the navigator.
Reassigned to Requirements