Start regex search from selection min/max depending on search direction

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/selectors.hh b/src/selectors.hh
index a75fac8a..1cd17b0a 100644
--- a/src/selectors.hh
+++ b/src/selectors.hh
@@ -267,7 +267,9 @@ Selection find_next_match(const Buffer& buffer, const Selection& sel, const Rege
     CaptureList captures;
     MatchResults matches;
     bool found = false;
-    if ((found = find_match_in_buffer<direction>(buffer, utf8::next(begin, buffer.end()), matches, regex)))
+    auto pos = direction == Forward ? utf8::next(begin, buffer.end())
+                                    : utf8::previous(begin, buffer.begin());
+    if ((found = find_match_in_buffer<direction>(buffer, pos, matches, regex)))
     {
         begin = matches[0].first;
         end   = matches[0].second;