diff --git a/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/Paragraph.cpp b/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/Paragraph.cpp
index 26ad3e95ff..ffcd0c5454 100644
--- a/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/Paragraph.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/Paragraph.cpp
@@ -143,3 +143,9 @@ Paragraph::Length() const
 	return length;
 }
 
+
+bool
+Paragraph::IsEmpty() const
+{
+	return fTextSpans.CountItems() == 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/Paragraph.h b/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/Paragraph.h
index 4ad83f4ede..2c8ead001c 100644
--- a/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/Paragraph.h
+++ b/src/apps/haiku-depot/textview/Paragraph.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public:
 			void				Clear();
 
 			int32				Length() const;
+			bool				IsEmpty() const;
 
 private:
 			ParagraphStyle		fStyle;