From 980e325ba13750184247ce7606ab9162a1f2363e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maciej Suminski <maciej.suminski@cern.ch>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 14:21:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Edit tool may still be activated if it was invoked with no
 selected items.

---
 pcbnew/tools/edit_tool.cpp | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pcbnew/tools/edit_tool.cpp b/pcbnew/tools/edit_tool.cpp
index 451164bf23..812d7732dd 100644
--- a/pcbnew/tools/edit_tool.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/tools/edit_tool.cpp
@@ -80,7 +80,11 @@ int EDIT_TOOL::Main( TOOL_EVENT& aEvent )
     m_updateFlag = KIGFX::VIEW_ITEM::GEOMETRY;
 
     if( selection.Empty() )
-        return 0; // there are no items to operate on
+    {
+        setTransitions();   // this is necessary, so later the tool may
+                            // be activated upon reception of the activation event
+        return 0;           // there are no items to operate on, so we can end now
+    }
 
     VECTOR2D dragPosition;      // The last position of the cursor while dragging
     m_dragging = false;