From d7d211baf2d3a0afc69fe3b1f048ee46a1313be3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Veronica Berglyd Olsen <1619840+vkbo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 18:35:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix empty selection model bug (#2173)

---
 novelwriter/gui/projtree.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/novelwriter/gui/projtree.py b/novelwriter/gui/projtree.py
index 564c4d66..db04e3dd 100644
--- a/novelwriter/gui/projtree.py
+++ b/novelwriter/gui/projtree.py
@@ -1020,7 +1020,9 @@ class GuiProjectTree(QTreeView):
     def _clearSelection(self) -> None:
         """Clear the currently selected items."""
         self.clearSelection()
-        self.selectionModel().clearCurrentIndex()
+        if model := self.selectionModel():
+            # Selection model can be None (#2173)
+            model.clearCurrentIndex()
         return
 
     def _selectedRows(self) -> list[QModelIndex]: