From 7e378be1d87280b8fb3f63eea3c0374e12054984 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lauri Ojansivu <x@xet7.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:39:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Add List popup to not open after adding new board or
 there being no lists at all.

Thanks to xet7 !
---
 client/components/boards/boardBody.js | 30 ---------------------------
 1 file changed, 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/components/boards/boardBody.js b/client/components/boards/boardBody.js
index 60ff2393a..56d64dbe2 100644
--- a/client/components/boards/boardBody.js
+++ b/client/components/boards/boardBody.js
@@ -212,29 +212,6 @@ Template.boardBody.onCreated(function () {
     return boardView === 'board-view-lists';
   };
 
-  this.openNewListForm = () => {
-    const openInlineFormButton = this.find('.js-list-composer .js-open-inlined-form');
-    if (openInlineFormButton) {
-      openInlineFormButton.click();
-      return;
-    }
-
-    const boardCanvas = this.find('.board-canvas') || this.firstNode;
-    if (boardCanvas) {
-      Popup.open('addList').call(
-        Utils.getCurrentBoard(),
-        {
-          currentTarget: boardCanvas,
-          target: boardCanvas,
-          preventDefault() {},
-        },
-        {
-          dataContextIfCurrentDataIsUndefined: Utils.getCurrentBoard(),
-        },
-      );
-    }
-  };
-
   // fix swimlanes sort field if there are null values
   const currentBoardData = Utils.getCurrentBoard();
   if (currentBoardData && Swimlanes) {
@@ -626,13 +603,6 @@ Template.boardBody.onRendered(function () {
     }
   });
 
-  // If there is no data in the board (ie, no lists) we autofocus the list
-  // creation form by clicking on the corresponding element.
-  const currentBoard = Utils.getCurrentBoard();
-  if (Utils.canModifyBoard() && currentBoard.lists().length === 0) {
-    tpl.openNewListForm();
-  }
-
   dragscroll.reset();
   Utils.setBackgroundImage();
 });