From 945e126faafa87d30aba418f2106a07ed87bd42e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Frederik Berlaen <frederik@typemytype.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 19:21:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add support for splitted controls where some keys are
 required by the spec (#28)

see #26
---
 Lib/defconAppKit/controls/fontInfoView.py | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/defconAppKit/controls/fontInfoView.py b/Lib/defconAppKit/controls/fontInfoView.py
index 2c8d4a4..46650e0 100644
--- a/Lib/defconAppKit/controls/fontInfoView.py
+++ b/Lib/defconAppKit/controls/fontInfoView.py
@@ -2715,7 +2715,6 @@ def woffMetadataDirectionToUFO(value):
     hasDefault=False
 )
 
-
 # WOFF Credits
 
 def woffMetadataCreditsFromUFO(value):
@@ -3207,6 +3206,13 @@ def woffMetadataGenericTextItemFactory(title=""):
 ]
 
 
+controlRequiredPrototypes = {
+    "woffMetadataDescription": {"text": [{'text': 'Text'}]},
+    "woffMetadataVendor": {"name": ""},
+    "woffMetadataLicensee": {"name": ""},
+}
+
+
 # Attribute Getting and Setting
 
 def getAttributeValue(info, attr):
@@ -3236,7 +3242,7 @@ def setAttributeValue(info, attr, value):
     keys = keys[1:]
     d = getattr(info, attr)
     if d is None:
-        d = {}
+        d = deepcopy(controlRequiredPrototypes.get(attr, {}))
     for key in keys[:-1]:
         if key not in d:
             d[key] = {}