From 97452ea4f89cc04121c81a61ce1faa79f9a426ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aman Agrawal <amanagr@zulip.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 16:25:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] hotkey: Fix wrong assumption of message_lists.current is
 defined.

Since we are checking `is_in_focus()` of recent and inbox view,
message_lists.current can be not defined here, also addition
a new view in Zulip will make this fail.
---
 web/src/hotkey.ts | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/web/src/hotkey.ts b/web/src/hotkey.ts
index 328b3d9391..1f03cc0927 100644
--- a/web/src/hotkey.ts
+++ b/web/src/hotkey.ts
@@ -1207,9 +1207,9 @@ function process_hotkey(e: JQuery.KeyDownEvent, hotkey: Hotkey): boolean {
             if (inbox_ui.is_in_focus()) {
                 return inbox_ui.toggle_topic_visibility_policy();
             }
-            if (message_lists.current!.selected_message()) {
+            if (message_lists.current?.selected_message()) {
                 user_topics_ui.toggle_topic_visibility_policy(
-                    message_lists.current!.selected_message()!,
+                    message_lists.current.selected_message()!,
                 );
                 return true;
             }