diff --git a/widgets/+wt/ListSelectorTwoPane.m b/widgets/+wt/ListSelectorTwoPane.m
index c47922d..042ae92 100644
--- a/widgets/+wt/ListSelectorTwoPane.m
+++ b/widgets/+wt/ListSelectorTwoPane.m
@@ -485,8 +485,11 @@ function shiftListBoxIndex(obj, shift)
             else
                 value = obj.ItemsData(:,selIdx);
             end
-        end
+        end        
         function set.HighlightedValue(obj,value)
+            if isempty(value)
+                return;
+            end
             if isempty(obj.ItemsData)
                 [~, obj.RightList.Value] = ismember(value, obj.Items);
             else