--- a/eric6/E5Gui/E5TextEditSearchWidget.py Tue Apr 20 19:38:10 2021 +0200 +++ b/eric6/E5Gui/E5TextEditSearchWidget.py Tue Apr 20 19:47:39 2021 +0200 @@ -291,11 +291,11 @@ @return flag indicating the search result @rtype bool """ - if backwards: - flags = QTextDocument.FindFlags( - QTextDocument.FindFlag.FindBackward) - else: - flags = QTextDocument.FindFlags() + flags = ( + QTextDocument.FindFlags(QTextDocument.FindFlag.FindBackward) + if backwards else + QTextDocument.FindFlags() + ) if self.caseCheckBox.isChecked(): flags |= QTextDocument.FindFlag.FindCaseSensitively if self.wordCheckBox.isChecked():