diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/codeEditor/browser/find/simpleFindWidget.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/codeEditor/browser/find/simpleFindWidget.ts
index e29852c339242f8922eaecab93982b4598e2063a..1270b1422286ba067b5e274e3c999ac3278bf6b0 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/codeEditor/browser/find/simpleFindWidget.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/codeEditor/browser/find/simpleFindWidget.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export abstract class SimpleFindWidget extends Widget {
 			this._findInput.setRegex(this._state.isRegex);
 			this._findInput.setWholeWords(this._state.wholeWord);
 			this._findInput.setCaseSensitive(this._state.matchCase);
-			this.find(this._invertDefaultDirection);
+			this.findFirst();
 		}));
 
 		this._register(this._findInput.onKeyDown((e) => {
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ export abstract class SimpleFindWidget extends Widget {
 
 	protected abstract onInputChanged(): boolean;
 	protected abstract find(previous: boolean): void;
+	protected abstract findFirst(): void;
 	protected abstract onFocusTrackerFocus(): void;
 	protected abstract onFocusTrackerBlur(): void;
 	protected abstract onFindInputFocusTrackerFocus(): void;
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalFindWidget.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalFindWidget.ts
index 2714994ea2a52cb65f6652ffd23c5a8613279e18..87ca61f2d55175ef0bba968242d70761190ca5ea 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalFindWidget.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/terminal/browser/terminalFindWidget.ts
@@ -78,4 +78,14 @@ export class TerminalFindWidget extends SimpleFindWidget {
 	protected onFindInputFocusTrackerBlur() {
 		this._findInputFocused.reset();
 	}
+
+	public findFirst() {
+		const instance = this._terminalService.getActiveInstance();
+		if (instance) {
+			if (instance.hasSelection()) {
+				instance.clearSelection();
+			}
+			instance.findPrevious(this.inputValue, { regex: this._getRegexValue(), wholeWord: this._getWholeWordValue(), caseSensitive: this._getCaseSensitiveValue() });
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webviewFindWidget.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webviewFindWidget.ts
index 6f31cd497042e0a733b835af9d837f2a81aa39cc..0d8e6804bc067a6b30dd421163bacafd5e3ee06d 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webviewFindWidget.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/webview/browser/webviewFindWidget.ts
@@ -54,4 +54,6 @@ export class WebviewFindWidget extends SimpleFindWidget {
 	protected onFindInputFocusTrackerFocus() { }
 
 	protected onFindInputFocusTrackerBlur() { }
+
+	protected findFirst() { }
 }