Find and Replace Search Direction defaults to down

[Elfy]

In a text file when using search and replace, search direction is set to Down by default.

That assumes that you've started search at file beginning.

Especially in a longer text file you might well start somewhere other than the start.

Changing default search to Both makes more sense when searching somewhere other than the start or end - a more likely scenario.

[Elfy (elfy)]

In a text file when using search and replace, search direction is set to Down by default.

That assumes that you've started search at file beginning.

Especially in a longer text file you might well start somewhere other than the start.

Changing default search to Both makes more sense when searching somewhere other than the start or end - a more likely scenario.

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu Package testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://packages.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1390933

[André Miranda (andreldm)]

IMHO this "Both" option is confusing, a additional option like "Wrap search" or "Wrap around" is much more sane (and is the way pretty much text editors handle this).
Also, when the "Replace all in:" option is active, "Search direction" is
useless and could deactivated.

[Simon Steinbeiß (ochosi)]

@Andre: From what I've tested "both" just wraps the search after searching "down" is done.

[André Miranda (andreldm)]

Yeah, I know, what I mean is that "Both" as a search direction is strange, how can a search be done up and down? Instead it just goes down and then wraps to the beginning.

[Simon Steinbeiß (ochosi)]

So basically you're saying that the string is misleading? I guess we should check how this option is named in other editors.

[André Miranda (andreldm)]

Yep, it's confusing.
As I stated in comment #1, this would be a case to create another option(chechbox) for Wrap Search.

[Pasi Lallinaho (knome)]

Fixed in Xubuntu in xubuntu-default-settings version 15.04.4 at http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/x/xubuntu-default-settings/xubuntu-default-settings_15.04.4/changelog