FLEX-34807
diff --git a/textLayout/src/flashx/textLayout/edit/TextFlowEdit.as b/textLayout/src/flashx/textLayout/edit/TextFlowEdit.as
index 235cd08..0fc41fb 100644
--- a/textLayout/src/flashx/textLayout/edit/TextFlowEdit.as
+++ b/textLayout/src/flashx/textLayout/edit/TextFlowEdit.as
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
var scrapElement:FlowElement = scrapLeaf; // highest level complete element in the scrap
// On the first paragraph, it always merges in to the destination paragraph if the destination paragraph has content
- var destinationParagraph:ParagraphElement = destinationLeaf.getParagraph();
+ var destinationParagraph:ParagraphElement = destinationLeaf ? destinationLeaf.getParagraph() : destinationParagraph;
if (firstParagraph && (destinationParagraph.textLength > 1 || applyFormat))
{
var scrapParagraph:ParagraphElement = scrapLeaf.getParagraph();
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
{
if (applyFormat && firstParagraph)
{
- destinationElement = findLowestPossibleParent(destinationLeaf.parent, scrapElement);
+ destinationElement = destinationLeaf ? findLowestPossibleParent(destinationLeaf.parent, scrapElement) : findLowestPossibleParent(destinationElement, scrapElement);
var currentIndex:int = destinationElement.findChildIndexAtPosition(insertPosition - destinationElement.getAbsoluteStart());
applyFormatToElement(destinationElement, currentIndex, scrapElement);
}
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@
// Find the lowest level parent in the TextFlow that can accept the scrapElement as a child.
// If necessary, copy higher up the scrapElement hierarchy to find a match.
- var destinationElement:FlowGroupElement = findLowestPossibleParent(destinationLeaf.parent, scrapElement);
+ var destinationElement:FlowGroupElement = destinationLeaf ? findLowestPossibleParent(destinationLeaf.parent, scrapElement) : findLowestPossibleParent(destinationElement, scrapElement);
while (!destinationElement)
{
// Nothing in the TextFlow element hierarchy can accept the incoming scrap element.
