From 378e21b90712bc675a83feee39f23b23b3761a3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2023 16:50:20 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] E-book viewer: Read aloud: Fix clicking on empty spaces
 causing read aloud to restart from beginning of chapter. Fixes #2042791
 [ebook-viewer read aloud click no text area return to first
 page](https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/2042791)

---
 src/pyj/read_book/iframe.pyj | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/pyj/read_book/iframe.pyj b/src/pyj/read_book/iframe.pyj
index 526ba30dca..da0dee7e84 100644
--- a/src/pyj/read_book/iframe.pyj
+++ b/src/pyj/read_book/iframe.pyj
@@ -988,6 +988,8 @@ class IframeBoss:
             text_node, offset = None, 0
             if data.pos:
                 r = word_at_point(data.pos.x, data.pos.y)
+                if not r:
+                    return
             else:
                 r = first_visible_word()
             if r and r.startContainer?.nodeType is Node.TEXT_NODE: