From 3285adc53cfded8a590377b8138ca54388d43a4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yana Stamcheva <yana@jitsi.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:43:30 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes NullPointerException causing disappearing contact list.

---
 .../communicator/impl/gui/main/contactlist/SearchFieldUI.java | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/gui/main/contactlist/SearchFieldUI.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/gui/main/contactlist/SearchFieldUI.java
index fd7d6aa22..22c3367b0 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/gui/main/contactlist/SearchFieldUI.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/impl/gui/main/contactlist/SearchFieldUI.java
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ protected Rectangle getVisibleEditorRect()
     {
         Rectangle rect = super.getVisibleEditorRect();
 
+        // Fixes NullPointerException if the rectangle is null for some reason.
+        if (rect == null)
+            return null;
+
         if ((rect.width > 0) && (rect.height > 0))
         {
             rect.x += searchIcon.getIconWidth() + 8;