From 33eb3efb11ec0482a05d9853258b813eab24d93d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 01:05:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove restriction on formatting empty block (#1178)

---
 novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py b/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
index 3e4a965f..9126872b 100644
--- a/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
+++ b/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
@@ -1709,12 +1709,8 @@ class GuiDocEditor(QTextEdit):
             logger.debug("Invalid block selected for action '%s'", str(docAction))
             return False
 
-        theText = theBlock.text()
-        if len(theText.strip()) == 0:
-            logger.debug("Empty block selected for action '%s'", str(docAction))
-            return False
-
         # Remove existing format first, if any
+        theText = theBlock.text()
         if theText.startswith("@"):
             logger.error("Cannot apply block format to keyword/value line")
             return False