From 9af7bb3beaab2f446b4bf40269320bf49e961c54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Boros=20Ma=CC=81te=CC=81?=
 <33902750+qwadrox@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2024 13:59:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] #17130 attempt to fix backward search

---
 packages/primeng/src/select/select.ts | 14 +-------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/primeng/src/select/select.ts b/packages/primeng/src/select/select.ts
index b84f0ed5a9f..6c4b6652202 100755
--- a/packages/primeng/src/select/select.ts
+++ b/packages/primeng/src/select/select.ts
@@ -2000,19 +2000,7 @@ export class Select extends BaseComponent implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, Afte
         let optionIndex = -1;
         let matched = false;
 
-        if (this.focusedOptionIndex() !== -1) {
-            optionIndex = this.visibleOptions()
-                .slice(this.focusedOptionIndex())
-                .findIndex((option) => this.isOptionMatched(option));
-            optionIndex =
-                optionIndex === -1
-                    ? this.visibleOptions()
-                          .slice(0, this.focusedOptionIndex())
-                          .findIndex((option) => this.isOptionMatched(option))
-                    : optionIndex + this.focusedOptionIndex();
-        } else {
-            optionIndex = this.visibleOptions().findIndex((option) => this.isOptionMatched(option));
-        }
+        optionIndex = this.visibleOptions().findIndex((option) => this.isOptionMatched(option));
 
         if (optionIndex !== -1) {
             matched = true;