From 290e5cbcf7b5e3fd155c8938b08ea580f4a293a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: foamyguy <foamyguy@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 16:23:34 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] fix for TextBox when initialized with an empty text

---
 adafruit_display_text/text_box.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/adafruit_display_text/text_box.py b/adafruit_display_text/text_box.py
index 172a3c7..ba7de91 100644
--- a/adafruit_display_text/text_box.py
+++ b/adafruit_display_text/text_box.py
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ def __init__(
             font,
         )
 
+        if not kwargs.get("text", ""):
+            kwargs["text"] = " "
+
         super().__init__(font, **kwargs)
 
         self._text = "\n".join(self.lines)

From a9131379ccf9b3c570181ca9360aece72d7ef6be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: foamyguy <foamyguy@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:06:39 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] use _full_text in TextBox & put back to empty string
 after super init.

---
 adafruit_display_text/text_box.py | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/adafruit_display_text/text_box.py b/adafruit_display_text/text_box.py
index ba7de91..e6b28d2 100644
--- a/adafruit_display_text/text_box.py
+++ b/adafruit_display_text/text_box.py
@@ -94,19 +94,24 @@ def __init__(
             font,
         )
 
-        if not kwargs.get("text", ""):
+        text_empty = False
+        if kwargs.get("text", "") == "":
+            text_empty = True
             kwargs["text"] = " "
 
         super().__init__(font, **kwargs)
 
-        self._text = "\n".join(self.lines)
-        self._text = self._replace_tabs(self._text)
-        self._original_text = self._text
+        if text_empty:
+            self._full_text = ""
+
+        self._full_text = "\n".join(self.lines)
+        self._full_text = self._replace_tabs(self._full_text)
+        self._original_text = self._full_text
 
         # call the text updater with all the arguments.
         self._reset_text(
             font=font,
-            text=self._text,
+            text=self._full_text,
             line_spacing=self._line_spacing,
             scale=self.scale,
         )

From 437f6a29c5c9c58f929afc15c464a9a492599f65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: foamyguy <foamyguy@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:08:46 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] simplify expression for lint

---
 adafruit_display_text/text_box.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/adafruit_display_text/text_box.py b/adafruit_display_text/text_box.py
index e6b28d2..92eec7f 100644
--- a/adafruit_display_text/text_box.py
+++ b/adafruit_display_text/text_box.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def __init__(
         )
 
         text_empty = False
-        if kwargs.get("text", "") == "":
+        if not kwargs.get("text", ""):
             text_empty = True
             kwargs["text"] = " "