From 06a118c1044f49cd33b8b75804c6b555bfc15898 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Skylot <118523+skylot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:55:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(gui): handle syntax parsing errors during search (#2669)

---
 .../jadx/gui/ui/codearea/AbstractCodeArea.java    | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jadx-gui/src/main/java/jadx/gui/ui/codearea/AbstractCodeArea.java b/jadx-gui/src/main/java/jadx/gui/ui/codearea/AbstractCodeArea.java
index e12fc24e3..743af2b06 100644
--- a/jadx-gui/src/main/java/jadx/gui/ui/codearea/AbstractCodeArea.java
+++ b/jadx-gui/src/main/java/jadx/gui/ui/codearea/AbstractCodeArea.java
@@ -428,11 +428,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractCodeArea extends RSyntaxTextArea {
 	 * @param str - if null -> reset current highlights
 	 */
 	private void highlightAllMatches(@Nullable String str) {
-		SearchContext context = new SearchContext(str);
-		context.setMarkAll(true);
-		context.setMatchCase(true);
-		context.setWholeWord(true);
-		SearchEngine.markAll(this, context);
+		try {
+			SearchContext context = new SearchContext(str);
+			context.setMarkAll(true);
+			context.setMatchCase(true);
+			context.setWholeWord(true);
+			SearchEngine.markAll(this, context);
+		} catch (Throwable e) {
+			// syntax parsing can fail for incorrect code
+			LOG.debug("Search highlight failed", e);
+		}
 	}
 
 	public @Nullable JumpPosition getCurrentPosition() {