From 32325e84d7a2b8962254f0807219d87061a85d7e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 15:01:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow clearing RoutePropertiesBox

---
 gtk2_ardour/route_properties_box.cc | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/route_properties_box.cc b/gtk2_ardour/route_properties_box.cc
index f4ea5aecdd..f5248b3b61 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/route_properties_box.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/route_properties_box.cc
@@ -111,7 +111,12 @@ RoutePropertiesBox::set_route (std::shared_ptr<Route> r)
 	if (r == _route) {
 		return;
 	}
-	assert (r);
+
+	if (!r) {
+		drop_route ();
+		return;
+	}
+
 	_route = r;
 	_route_connections.drop_connections ();