From 37e0fbe6b93ae83c47a6868aaadbb4500dec6a5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ilia Zakoulov <ilia.zakoulov@jetbrains.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2025 14:44:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] GO-19393: getFirstChild throws an exception if child count is
 0

GitOrigin-RevId: cd52afbc6650e3d0edbfa7a2db6f6ab5c5020041
---
 .../welcomeScreen/recentProjects/RecentProjectFilteringTree.kt | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/welcomeScreen/recentProjects/RecentProjectFilteringTree.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/welcomeScreen/recentProjects/RecentProjectFilteringTree.kt
index 7f7cf1220ea6..87a4dd89cbb6 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/welcomeScreen/recentProjects/RecentProjectFilteringTree.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/welcomeScreen/recentProjects/RecentProjectFilteringTree.kt
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ class RecentProjectFilteringTree(
       return true
     }
 
+    if (root.childCount <= 0) {
+      return false
+    }
     val firstChild = root.firstChild
     if (firstChild != null) {
       TreeUtil.selectNode(tree, firstChild)