From f952102e2b7339430cc43a0ab64acc0b9a05e460 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mads Rasmussen <madsr@hey.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 19:37:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] don't request items if it is the tree root

---
 .../entity-actions/create/create.action.ts          | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/entity-actions/create/create.action.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/entity-actions/create/create.action.ts
index 8e806c3e2d..74d59f0709 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/entity-actions/create/create.action.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/documents/documents/entity-actions/create/create.action.ts
@@ -23,11 +23,16 @@ export class UmbCreateDocumentEntityAction extends UmbEntityActionBase<UmbDocume
 
 	async execute() {
 		if (!this.repository) return;
-		// get document item to get the doc type id
-		const { data, error } = await this.#itemRepository.requestItems([this.unique]);
-		if (error || !data) throw new Error(`Failed to load document item`);
 
-		const documentItem = data[0];
+		// default to root
+		let documentItem = null;
+
+		if (this.unique) {
+			// get document item to get the doc type id
+			const { data, error } = await this.#itemRepository.requestItems([this.unique]);
+			if (error || !data) throw new Error(`Failed to load document item`);
+			documentItem = data[0];
+		}
 
 		this._openModal({
 			document: documentItem ? { unique: documentItem.unique } : null,