In Writer, Calc and Impress, we have a Find Previous button the Find toolbar, but none in the Find & Replace dialog. Instead a user has to open up 'Other Options' and check the 'Backwards' checkbox to be able to find in reverse. So lets add a Find Previous button and remove the 'Backwards' checkbox.
This would be helpful, placement of the button in the reworked dialog (bug 98539 with one horizontal row) may be an issue.
@Stuart: Not really an issue as most find & replace dialogs are always wide. http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2007/Excel/Images/FindAndReplace.gif https://discussions.apple.com/___sbsstatic___/migration-images/676/6768175-1.png
Akshay Deep committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=beeef93480fae65840646e4e36aa888efe92579a tdf#98417, tdf#98539: DIALOG: Improvements to the Find & Replace dialog. It will be available in 5.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.
Zdeněk Crhonek committed a patch related to this issue. It has been pushed to "master": http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=80d1ac7d55c22de20edeec30f8f56e09f8455f8d uitest findReplace; tdf#116242; tdf#98417; tdf#39022 It will be available in 6.2.0. The patch should be included in the daily builds available at http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/ in the next 24-48 hours. More information about daily builds can be found at: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Testing_Daily_Builds Affected users are encouraged to test the fix and report feedback.