diff -r c5e89affb2ea -r 6048b20bd46f ui/gtk/text.c
--- a/ui/gtk/text.c	Sun Jun 09 17:00:06 2024 +0200
+++ b/ui/gtk/text.c	Tue Jun 11 21:49:13 2024 +0200
@@ -691,6 +691,7 @@
 static gboolean path_textfield_btn_pressed(GtkWidget *widget, GdkEventButton *event, UiPathTextField *pathtf) {
     gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(pathtf->hbox), pathtf->entry, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
     gtk_container_remove(GTK_CONTAINER(pathtf->hbox), pathtf->buttonbox);
+    pathtf->buttonbox = NULL;
     
     gtk_widget_show(pathtf->entry);
     gtk_widget_grab_focus(pathtf->entry);    
@@ -847,6 +848,9 @@
 
 int ui_pathtextfield_update(UiPathTextField* pathtf, const char *full_path) {
     size_t full_path_len = strlen(full_path);
+    if(full_path_len == 0) {
+        return 1;
+    }
     
     size_t nelm = 0;
     UiPathElm* path_elm = pathtf->getpathelm(full_path, full_path_len, &nelm, pathtf->getpathelmdata);
@@ -862,12 +866,16 @@
     pathtf->current_nelm = nelm;
     
     GtkWidget *buttonbox = create_path_button_box();
+    
+    // switch from entry to buttonbox or remove current buttonbox
+    if(pathtf->buttonbox) {
+        gtk_container_remove(GTK_CONTAINER(pathtf->hbox), pathtf->buttonbox);
+    } else {
+        gtk_container_remove(GTK_CONTAINER(pathtf->hbox), pathtf->entry);
+    }
+    gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(pathtf->hbox), buttonbox, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
     pathtf->buttonbox = buttonbox;
     
-    // switch from entry to buttonbox
-    gtk_container_remove(GTK_CONTAINER(pathtf->hbox), pathtf->entry);
-    gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(pathtf->hbox), buttonbox, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
-    
     for (int i=0;i<nelm;i++) {
         UiPathElm *elm = &path_elm[i];