From 80e3bdebb62fccda653c846aec8d38ea540ec325 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Imms <daimms@microsoft.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 12:13:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Disallow the empty string from being selected by find

---
 src/addons/search/SearchHelper.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/addons/search/SearchHelper.ts b/src/addons/search/SearchHelper.ts
index 207e566b01..4cc13e632e 100644
--- a/src/addons/search/SearchHelper.ts
+++ b/src/addons/search/SearchHelper.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export class SearchHelper implements ISearchHelper {
     if (searchOptions.regex) {
       const searchRegex = RegExp(lowerTerm, 'g');
       const foundTerm = searchRegex.exec(lowerStringLine);
-      if (foundTerm) {
+      if (foundTerm && foundTerm[0].length > 0) {
         searchIndex = searchRegex.lastIndex - foundTerm[0].length;
         term = foundTerm[0];
       }