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-rw-r--r--clutter/clutter-text.c19
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/clutter/clutter-text.c b/clutter/clutter-text.c
index 0cfb63f69..b5d1198d7 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-text.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-text.c
@@ -341,6 +341,18 @@ clutter_text_clear_selection (ClutterText *self)
}
}
+static gboolean
+clutter_text_is_empty (ClutterText *self)
+{
+ if (self->priv->buffer == NULL)
+ return TRUE;
+
+ if (clutter_text_buffer_get_length (self->priv->buffer) == 0)
+ return TRUE;
+
+ return FALSE;
+}
+
static gchar *
clutter_text_get_display_text (ClutterText *self)
{
@@ -348,6 +360,13 @@ clutter_text_get_display_text (ClutterText *self)
ClutterTextBuffer *buffer;
const gchar *text;
+ /* short-circuit the case where the buffer is unset or it's empty,
+ * to avoid creating a pointless TextBuffer and emitting
+ * notifications with it
+ */
+ if (clutter_text_is_empty (self))
+ return g_strdup ("");
+
buffer = get_buffer (self);
text = clutter_text_buffer_get_text (buffer);