From e8dc49e4b24f5805d0664fcf842ab7b94af4a013 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Janet Blackquill <uhhadd@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2022 10:57:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] KItemListHeaderWidget: don't crash if widget == nullptr

BUG: 449238
---
 src/kitemviews/private/kitemlistheaderwidget.cpp | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/kitemviews/private/kitemlistheaderwidget.cpp b/src/kitemviews/private/kitemlistheaderwidget.cpp
index 5fb929e52..329e1da56 100644
--- a/src/kitemviews/private/kitemlistheaderwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/kitemviews/private/kitemlistheaderwidget.cpp
@@ -417,12 +417,14 @@ void KItemListHeaderWidget::paintRole(QPainter* painter,
                                       int orderIndex,
                                       QWidget* widget) const
 {
+    const auto direction = widget ? widget->layoutDirection() : qApp->layoutDirection();
+
     // The following code is based on the code from QHeaderView::paintSection().
     // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies).
     QStyleOptionHeader option;
-    option.direction = widget->layoutDirection();
+    option.direction = direction;
     option.textAlignment =
-        widget->layoutDirection() == Qt::LeftToRight
+        direction == Qt::LeftToRight
             ? Qt::AlignLeft
             : Qt::AlignRight;
 
-- 
2.47.3