From d361030048f546b9750463228bdbda32102d5f7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Koefferlein <matthias@klayout.de>
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 21:36:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Clearing status bar message when nothing is selected

---
 src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
index aab012789..19e6ab7b0 100644
--- a/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
+++ b/src/laybasic/laybasic/layLayoutViewBase.cc
@@ -4079,6 +4079,9 @@ LayoutViewBase::transform (const db::DCplxTrans &tr)
 void
 LayoutViewBase::cancel_edits ()
 {
+  //  clear any messages
+  message ();
+
   //  the move service takes a special role here as it manages the
   //  transaction for the collective move operation.
   mp_move_service->cancel ();