From fc3f03728262dd61cdab2be036fe1da05e3c5b82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Martin Catheland <m.catheland@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 2024 17:49:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: check that the current tab is not null before closing it

---
 src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/JabRefFrame.java | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/JabRefFrame.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/JabRefFrame.java
index 355a301d40c..baca17aabdd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/JabRefFrame.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/JabRefFrame.java
@@ -752,7 +752,11 @@ private boolean closeTabs() {
     }
 
     public boolean closeCurrentTab() {
-        return closeTab(getCurrentLibraryTab());
+        LibraryTab currentTab = getCurrentLibraryTab();
+        if (currentTab == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return closeTab(currentTab);
     }
 
     public OpenDatabaseAction getOpenDatabaseAction() {