From ce884b65787a1447d32d20a5fb317901b1114d39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: prculley <paulr2787@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 17:37:04 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] bug 9478; fix quick search exception when nothing in searched
 list

---
 gramps/gui/widgets/interactivesearchbox.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gramps/gui/widgets/interactivesearchbox.py b/gramps/gui/widgets/interactivesearchbox.py
index 891d5a214..38d9cc6db 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/widgets/interactivesearchbox.py
+++ b/gramps/gui/widgets/interactivesearchbox.py
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ class InteractiveSearchBox:
         search_column = self._treeview.get_search_column()
         is_tree = not (model.get_flags() & Gtk.TreeModelFlags.LIST_ONLY)
         while True:
+            if not cur_iter:    # can happen on empty list
+                return False
             if (self.search_equal_func(model, search_column,
                                        text, cur_iter)):
                 count += 1