Fix T80651: Material tab disappears

Always return true if the object can have materials. Even if there are
not currently any materials assigned to the object.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_buttons/buttons_context.c b/source/blender/editors/space_buttons/buttons_context.c
index 2cfda8644df..e0a5158e510 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_buttons/buttons_context.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_buttons/buttons_context.c
@@ -333,11 +333,10 @@ static bool buttons_context_path_material(ButsContextPath *path)
 
     if (ob && OB_TYPE_SUPPORT_MATERIAL(ob->type)) {
       ma = BKE_object_material_get(ob, ob->actcol);
-      if (ma == NULL) {
-        return false;
+      if (ma != NULL) {
+        RNA_id_pointer_create(&ma->id, &path->ptr[path->len]);
+        path->len++;
       }
-      RNA_id_pointer_create(&ma->id, &path->ptr[path->len]);
-      path->len++;
       return true;
     }
   }