From 189f3a7bbc8be81c4a5a7badee2d8de9ee7b3f8a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: RickyRister <42636155+RickyRister@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 04:40:47 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [ChatView] Fix game log first line incorrect background color
 (#6612)

---
 .../src/interface/widgets/server/chat_view/chat_view.cpp  | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/server/chat_view/chat_view.cpp b/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/server/chat_view/chat_view.cpp
index adbae45c5..ffd4986a6 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/server/chat_view/chat_view.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/interface/widgets/server/chat_view/chat_view.cpp
@@ -75,8 +75,14 @@ void ChatView::adjustColorsToPalette()
 void ChatView::refreshBlockColors()
 {
     QTextDocument *doc = document();
-    QTextCursor cursor(doc);
 
+    // Empty QTextDocuments still have 1 block, so we need handle this edge case
+    if (doc->isEmpty()) {
+        evenNumber = true;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    QTextCursor cursor(doc);
     bool even = true; // start fresh
 
     for (QTextBlock block = doc->begin(); block.isValid(); block = block.next()) {