1 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
index d953c6b6c..7aa18e46f 100644
--- a/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
+++ b/src/client/views/pdf/PDFViewer.tsx
@@ -125,12 +125,6 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
                 }
             });
 
-        this._disposers.searchMatch = reaction(() => Doc.IsSearchMatch(this.props.rootDoc),
-            m => {
-                if (m) (this._lastSearch = true) && this.search(Doc.SearchQuery(), m.searchMatch > 0);
-                else !(this._lastSearch = false) && setTimeout(() => !this._lastSearch && this.search("", false, true), 200);
-            }, { fireImmediately: true });
-
         this._disposers.selected = reaction(() => this.props.isSelected(),
             selected => {
                 // if (!selected) {
@@ -337,10 +331,10 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
     }
 
     @action
-    search = (searchString: string, fwd: boolean, clear: boolean = false) => {
+    search = (searchString: string, bwd?: boolean, clear: boolean = false) => {
         const findOpts = {
             caseSensitive: false,
-            findPrevious: !fwd,
+            findPrevious: bwd,
             highlightAll: true,
             phraseSearch: true,
             query: searchString
@@ -348,7 +342,7 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
         if (clear) {
             this._pdfViewer?.findController.executeCommand('reset', { query: "" });
         } else if (!searchString) {
-            fwd ? this.nextAnnotation() : this.prevAnnotation();
+            bwd ? this.prevAnnotation() : this.nextAnnotation();
         } else if (this._pdfViewer?.pageViewsReady) {
             this._pdfViewer.findController.executeCommand('findagain', findOpts);
         }
@@ -357,6 +351,7 @@ export class PDFViewer extends React.Component<IViewerProps> {
             this._mainCont.current.addEventListener("pagesloaded", executeFind);
             this._mainCont.current.addEventListener("pagerendered", executeFind);
         }
+        return true;
     }
 
     @action