From 59662bc971d63459c4df5a9575375b71d1698cb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: getzze <getzze@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 23:56:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] wibox.widget.base: do not call set_children if children is
 nil

---
 docs/04-new-widgets.md    | 6 +++---
 lib/wibox/widget/base.lua | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/04-new-widgets.md b/docs/04-new-widgets.md
index 15069867..4203f3d3 100644
--- a/docs/04-new-widgets.md
+++ b/docs/04-new-widgets.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ looks like this:
     end
     widget:after_draw_children(context, cr, width, height)
 
-The `:set_children()` method is called recursively when setting a widget with
+The `:set_children()` method gets called recursively when setting a widget with
 the declarative layout system, therefore the method should be well defined.
-It should probably hook to the `:add` or `:add_widget` methods or be overridden
-to do nothing.
+It should probably hook into the `:add` or `:add_widget` methods or be
+overridden to do nothing.
diff --git a/lib/wibox/widget/base.lua b/lib/wibox/widget/base.lua
index 35198432..2023f6e4 100644
--- a/lib/wibox/widget/base.lua
+++ b/lib/wibox/widget/base.lua
@@ -504,7 +504,9 @@ local function drill(ids, content)
         end
     end
     -- Replace all children (if any) with the new ones.
-    l:set_children(widgets)
+    if widgets then
+        l:set_children(widgets)
+    end
     return l, id
 end